The Bronze Horseman
Written by: Paullina Simons
Category: Fiction
Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance, War
Book Details:
ISBN 10: 0006513228
ISBN 13: 9780006513223
Format: paperback
Publisher: Flamingo
Date Published: 2001, Great Britain
Language: English
Condition: Good
Appearance: The book shows signs of wear. The cover has some creases and the edges are slightly worn. The pages are yellowed and there are some minor stains. The spine is intact but shows signs of creasing. The book measures approximately 20 cm in height and 13 cm in width. The print size is standard.
Synopsis:
Leningrad 1941: the white nights of summer illuminate a city of fallen grandeur whose beautiful palaces and stately avenues speak of a different age, when Leningrad was known as St Petersburg. Two sisters, Tatiana and Dasha, share the same bed, living in one room with their brother and parents. It is a hard, impoverished life, yet the Metanov knows many who are not as fortunate as they. The family routine is shattered on 22 June 1941 when Hitler invades Russia. For the Metanovs, for Leningrad and for Tatiana, life will never be the same again. On that fateful day, Tatiana meets a brash young officer named Alexander. Tatiana and her family suffer as Hitler's army advances on Leningrad, and the Russian winter closes in. With bombs falling and the city under siege, Tatiana and Alexander are drawn to each other in an impossible love. It is a love that could tear Tatiana's family apart, and a love that could mean death for anyone who hears it. Confronted on the one hand by Hitler's unstoppable war machine, and on the other by a Soviet system determined to crush the human spirit, Tatiana and Alexander are pitched into a desperate struggle for survival, a turning point in the century that made the modern world.
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