![]() But instead of his usual suite, he must now live in an attic room while Russia undergoes decades of tumultuous upheaval.Ĭan a life without luxury be the richest of all?Ī BOOK OF THE DECADE, 2010-2020 ( INDEPENDENT) 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.ĭeemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count has been sentenced to house arrest indefinitely. shows that not all books about Russian aristocrats have to be full of doom and nihilism' - The Times, Books of the Year ![]() ![]() It's elegant, witty and delightful - much like the Count himself.' - Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year 'No historical novel this year was more witty, insightful or original ' - Sunday Times, Books of the Year 'This novel is astonishing, uplifting and wise. OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD - ***Soon to be a major TV series starring Kenneth Branagh*** ![]() Chosen as an isolation read by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall: 'A wonderful book which gives the reader an understanding of life in post-revolution Moscow' ![]()
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