Sashenka - Couverture souple

Sebag Montefiore, Simon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0552154571 ISBN 13 : 9780552154574

Editeur : Corgi, 2009

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

Winter, 1916

In St Petersburg, snow is falling in a country on the brink of revolution.

Beautiful, headstrong and rich, Sashenka Zeitlin is just sixteen. As her mother parties with Rasputin and her dissolute friends, Sashenka slips into the frozen night to play her role in a dangerous game of conspiracy and seduction.

Twenty years on, Sashenka has a powerful husband with whom she has two children. Around her, people are disappearing but her own family is safe.But she's about to embark on a forbidden love affair which will have devastating

consequences.

Sashenka's story lies hidden for half a century, until a young historian goes deep into Stalin's private archives and uncovers a heartbreaking tale of passion and betrayal, savage cruelty and unexpected heroism - and of a woman forced to make an unbearable choice ...

Revue de presse :

"Gripping from start to finish. The perfect mixture of sweeping history and page-turning storytelling"

"Intensely moving, with an unforgettable climax that will touch the hardest heart"

"Furiously readable - it's hard to put Sashenka down. The glory and tragedy of her story remains long after the last page is turned"

"Intricate, fast moving... by the time I put the book down, long after midnight, I was in tears" (THE TIMES)

"If you’re fascinated by twentieth-century Russian history, you’ll be intrigued by the tale of Sashenka, a loyal Communist wife married to a powerful party member, whose life starts to unravel when she embarks upon an affair...The author is a noted historian, and this novel is full of fascinating, meticulously researched detail about Russian life." (Daisy Buchanan)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Corgi
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0552154571
• ISBN 13: 9780552154574
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 640