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Petrograd

By (author) William Owen Roberts
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Parthian Books, Cardigan, United Kingdom
Published: 17th Aug 2015
Dimensions: w 135mm h 215mm d 32mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN-10: 190984456X
ISBN-13: 9781909844568
Barcode No: 9781909844568
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Synopsis
It's the summer or 1916 and the Alexandrov family prepare to embark on their annual holiday, accompanied by an army of staff primed to cater to their needs. Teenage, precocious Alyosha Alexandrov has never known anything but a life of privilege. He spends his days avoiding study and pursuing pretty young maids. But Russia is poised on the brink of epochal political upheaval and within a year Alyosha is separated from family, security, and the innocence of youth. Set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath, spanning the turbulent years from 1916 to 1924, Petrograd is a vast, ambitious novel from an award-winning writer. The first in a trilogy, and winner of the Wales Book of the Year Award (Welsh Language), it tells the compelling, convincing story of the Alexandrov family as they each struggle to adapt to the ravages of war and revolution.

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"An epic novel... you can almost smell Russia." BBC Arts "...one of the highlights in the history of the novel in Wales." The Welshman "This is a novel with a huge international appeal." BBC Cymru "a substantial, perceptive and highly readable novel." Barddas