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A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW Amor Towles PB 2017
$7.95
Softcover, crease to corner of cover, pages are unmarked.
462 pages, 19.5 x 12.5 cms, Windmill Books, 2017. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780099558781
In 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 be the richest of all?
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462 pages, 19.5 x 12.5 cms, Windmill Books, 2017. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780099558781
In 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 be the richest of all?
All items have been cleaned with a disinfectant solution for your protection. Can be picked up from HILLARYS (any time) OR NOLLAMARA (school hours), or will post. To see all my current listings, click on my name: Riverdancer.
- Date Listed:11/03/2022
- Last Edited:11/03/2022
- Condition:Used
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