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One Night in Winter by Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Original Title: One Night in Winter


ISBN: 0062291882
ISBN13: 9780062291882
Autor: Simon Sebag Montefiore (Goodreads Author)
Rating: 5 of 5 stars (698) counts
Original Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
Download Format: PDF, TXT, ePub, iBook.
Published: May 6th 2014 / by Harper / (first published September 2013)
Language: English
Genre(s):
Historical Fiction- 143 users
Fiction- 87 users
Cultural >Russia- 54 users
Historical- 24 users

Description:
Inspired by a true story, prize-winning historian and acclaimed novelist Simon Sebag Montefiore
explores the consequences of forbidden love in this heartbreaking epic of marriage, childhood,
danger, and betrayal that unfolds in Stalin's Moscow during the bleak days after World War II.

As Moscow celebrates the motherland's glorious victory over the Nazis, shots ring out on the
crowded streets. On a nearby bridge, a teenage boy and girldressed in traditional nineteenth-
century costumeslie dead. But this is no ordinary tragedy, because these are no ordinary
teenagers. As the son and daughter of high-ranking Soviet officials, they attend the most elite
school in Moscow. Was it an accident, or murder? Is it a conspiracy against Stalin, or one of his
own terrifying intrigues?

On Stalin's instructions, a ruthless investigation begins into what becomes known as the Children's
Case. Youth across the city are arrested and forced to testify against their friends and their
parents. As families are ripped apart, all kinds of secrets come spilling out. Trapped at the center
of this witch-hunt are two pairs of illicit lovers, who learn that matters of the heart exact a terrible
price. By turns a darkly sophisticated political thriller, a rich historical saga, and a deeply human
love story, Montefiore's masterful novel powerfully portrays the terror and drama of Stalin's Russia.

About Author:

Simon Sebag Montefiore is the author of the global bestsellers 'The Romanovs' and 'Jerusalem:
the Biography,' 'Stalin: the Court of the Red Tsar' and Young Stalin and the novels Sashenka and
now One Night in Winter. His books are published in over 45 languages and are worldwide
bestsellers. He has won prizes in both non-fiction and fiction. He read history at Gonville and
Caius College, Cambridge University, where he received his Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD).
'The Romanovs' is his latest history book. 'One Night in Winter' is his most recent novel.

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"A thrilling work of fiction. Montefiore weaves a tight, satisfying plot, delivering surprises to the
last page. Stalin's chilling charisma is brilliantly realised. The novel's theme is Love: family love,
youthful romance, adulterous passion. One Night in Winter is full of redemptive love and inner
freedom." Evening Standard
"Gripping and cleverly plotted. Doomed love at the heart of a violent society is the heart of
Montefiore's One Night in Winter... depicting the Kafkaesque labyrinth into which the victims
stumble." The Sunday Times
"Compulsively involving. Our fear for the children keeps up turning the pages... We follow the
passions with sympathy... The knot of events tugs at a wide range of emotions rarely experienced
outside an intimate tyranny." The Times
"The novel is hugely romantic. His ease with the setting and historical characters is masterly.
The book maintains a tense pace. Uniquely terrifying. Heartrending. Engrossing. " The Scotsman
Delicately plotted and buried within a layered, elliptical narrative, One Night in Winter is also a
fidgety page-turner which adroitly weaves a huge cast of characters into an arcane world. Time
Out
A novel full of passion, conspiracy, hope, despair, suffering and redemption, it transcends
boundaries of genre, being at once thriller and political drama, horror and romance. His ability to
paint Stalin in such a way to make the reader quake with fire is matched by talent for creating truly
heartbreaking characters: the children who find themselves at the centre of a conspiracy, the
parents. A gripping read and must surely be one of the best novels of 2013. NY Journal of
Books
"Not just a thumpingly good read, but also essentially a story of human fragility and passions,
albeit taking place under the intimidating shadow of a massive Stalinist portico." The National
"Seriously good fun... the Soviet march on Berlin, nightmarish drinking games at Stalin's
countryhouse, the magnificence of the Bolshoi, interrogations, snow, sex and exile... lust adultery
and romance. Eminently readable and strangely affecting." Sunday Telegraph
" "Hopelessly romantic and hopelessly moving. A mix of lovestory thriller and historical
fiction. Engrossing." The Observer
Gripping. Montefiores characters snare our sympathy and we follow them avidly. This intricate
at times disturbing, always absorbing novel entertains and disturbs and seethes with moral
complexity. Characters real+fictitious ring strikingly true.It is to a large extent Tolstoyan .. The
Australian
Enthralling. Montefiore writes brilliantly about Love - from teenage romance to the grand passion
of adultery. Readers of Sebastian Faulks and Hilary Mantel will lap this up. A historical novel
that builds into a nail-biting drama a world that resembles Edith Wharton with the death
penalty. Novel of the Week. Mail on Sunday
"A gripping thriller about private life and poetic dreams<

Other Editions:
- One Night in Winter (Hardcover)

- One Night in Winter (Paperback)

- One Night in Winter: A Novel (P.S.)


- One Night in Winter (Kindle Edition)

- L\'amore ai tempi della neve (Hardcover)

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