{"product_id":"sashenka","title":"Sashenka","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the epic story of revolution, passion, and betrayal from international bestselling author and historian, Simon Sebag Montefiore - Book 1 in The Mosow Trilogy!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*RECOMMENDED BY THE QUEEN'S READING ROOM BOOK CLUB*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Intricate, fast moving\u003c\/b\u003e... by the time I put the book down, long after midnight, \u003cb\u003eI was in tears\u003c\/b\u003e' ? \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinter, 1916.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn St Petersburg, snow is falling in a country on the brink of revolution.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautiful and headstrong, \u003cb\u003eSashenka Zeitlin\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwenty years on\u003c\/b\u003e, Sashenka has a powerful husband and 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSashenka's story lies hidden for half a century, until a young historian goes deep into Stalin's private archives and uncovers a heart-breaking story of passion and betrayal, savage cruelty and unexpected heroism - and one woman forced to make an unbearable choice ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders LOVE Simon Sebag Montefiore:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAgile plotting and vivid characterisation\u003c\/b\u003e [...] combine to make Sashenka \u003cb\u003ean addictive page-turner\u003c\/b\u003e with an elegant, steely edge of verisimilitude' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eFull of fascinating, meticulously researched detail\u003c\/b\u003e about Russian life' - \u003cb\u003eDaisy Buchanan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'To write a good historical novel you have to recreate that world, both physically and intellectually - and there must be a sense that history is driving the plot forwards. \u003cb\u003eMontefiore succeeds on all counts\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003e- \u003cb\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003ePassionate, complex, incisive, salutary\u003c\/b\u003e and utterly bloody upsetting. \u003cb\u003eOne of those classic books that people will want to read again\u003c\/b\u003e - I certainly will - when I recover from it - and enthuse others to read'          \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Simon Sebag Montefiore has a \u003cb\u003eterrific talent for creating tension\u003c\/b\u003e'          \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eWhat an excellent writer, what a brilliant story teller, what an epic journey\u003c\/b\u003e he took me on with amazing characters and such attention to detail'          \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA tour de force\u003c\/b\u003e of a book'          \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A true page-turner and yet so much more. \u003cb\u003eRich in both historical detail and family drama\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSashenka\u003c\/i\u003e will stay with me for a long time'          \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA superb story\u003c\/b\u003e fabulously told'          \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 640 pages | Published March 2009\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63985887347037,"sku":"9780552154574","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780552154574.jpg?v=1774493467","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/sashenka","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}