A gentleman in Moscow

Uitgeverij: Ballantine Books
Uitvoering: Paperback
Taal: Engels
Aantal Pagina's: 480
Afmetingen: 140x210x32
Verschijningsdatum: December 2017
EAN: 9780099558781
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Omschrijving

On 21 June 1922, Count Alexander Rostov – recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt – is escorted out of the Kremlin, across Red Square and through the elegant revolving doors of the Hotel Metropol.
Deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count has been sentenced to house arrest indefinitely. But instead of his usual suite, he must now live in an attic room while Russia undergoes decades of tumultuous upheaval.
Can a life without luxury