One night in winter

"When the son and daughter of high-ranking Soviet officials are gunned down during Moscow's celebration of its victory over the Nazis, Stalin orders a ruthless investigation that tears the city apart and shows two pairs of illicit lovers that matters of the heart exact a terrible price."--Provided b...

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Main Author: Montefiore, Sebag, 1965-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.
Series:Moscow trilogy ; 2
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Summary:"When the son and daughter of high-ranking Soviet officials are gunned down during Moscow's celebration of its victory over the Nazis, Stalin orders a ruthless investigation that tears the city apart and shows two pairs of illicit lovers that matters of the heart exact a terrible price."--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:456 pages
ISBN:9781681779089
1681779080
Author Notes:Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore was born on June 27, 1965 in London. He is a British historian, award winning author of history books and novels and television presenter. He was educated at Ludgrove School and Harrow School. He read history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he received his Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD). He won an Exhibition to Caius College. He went on to work as a banker, a foreign affairs journalist, and a war correspondent.

Montefiore's first book Catherine the Great & Potemkin. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar won History Book of the Year at the 2004 British Book Awards. Young Stalin won the LA Times Book Prize for Best Biography, the Costa Book Award, the Bruno Kreisky Award for Political Literature, and Le Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique. Jerusalem: The Biography was a global bestseller and won The Book of the Year Prize from the Jewish Book Council. His latest history is The Romanovs: 1613-1918. He is also the author of the acclaimed novels Sashenka and One Night in Winter. One Night in Winter won the Political Novel of the Year Prize.

(Bowker Author Biography)