Moryak: A Novel of the Russian Revolution - Couverture souple

Mandel, Lee

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440141509 ISBN 13 : 9781440141508

Editeur : Iuniverse Inc, 2009

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

'Moryak' is the story of Lieutenant Stephen Morrison, a naval officer sent by President Theodore Roosevelt on a top-secret mission in 1905. His assignment: to work with British agent Sidney Reilly to kidnap Tsar Nicholas II and remove him from Russia before he can can sabotage the upcoming Portsmouth Peace Conference. Morrison would seem to be an ideal man for the job- he was born in Russia, is fluent in the language, and is knowledgeable concerning Russian political affairs. He also carries significant emotional scars. He is the son of an immigrant Russian rabbi and he has had to battle rabid anti-Semitism his entire life in his quest to become both a naval officer and an assimiliated American. The mission goes awry and Morrison is captured and sentenced to death. Through a quirk of fate, he is instead sent to the infamous Russian prison camp on Solovetsky Island. There, his increasingly violent nature eventually allows him to dominate the camp as 'Moryak' (Russian for Sailor). He soon catches the attention of the Bolshevik prisoners and their growing interactions come to have devastating effects on the evolving revolution in Russia, as well as the Allied war effort as the world descends into the chaos of World War I.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Lee Mandel is a physician with over twenty years of service in the United States Navy. His military service has included three tours as Senior Medical Officer aboard three United States Navy aircraft carriers as well as two tours as staff physician at the Office of the Attending Physician, United States Congress. He is a published historian with interests in military and presidential history. He and his wife Ann reside in Chesapeake, Virginia; they have a son, Jeff and a daughter, Jennifer.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Iuniverse Inc
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1440141509
• ISBN 13: 9781440141508
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 564