The Life of an Unknown Man
by Andreï Makine
An extraordinary story of love and endurance during the Siege of Leningrad lies at the heart of a magnificent novel about Russia past and present, and the human condition.
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The Tiger
by John Vaillant
The hunt for a man-eating tiger across the forbidding landscape of Russia's Far East....
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The People's Train
by Thomas Keneally
The dramatic story of a Russian revolutionary's exile in Australia and his return to fight alongside Lenin in 1917.
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Sunnyside
by Glen David Gold
A spellbinding story of dreams, ambition and the dawn of the modern age, starring Charlie Chaplin (as himself). ‘A cane-twirling, bowler-doffing triumph’ Independent on Sunday.
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City of Thieves
by David Benioff
In the coldest winter in history, as Leningrad starves under siege, two prisoners are thrown together on a desperate adventure.
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