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Set on the eve of Russia’s upheaval, the novel portrays Count Nikolai Diakonov, a devout loyalist to Tsar Nicholas who has been forced into exile in Paris. Diakonov’s journey by rail to northern France brings him into contact with a revolutionary heir of an old friend, forcing the Count to confront the circumstances of his exile and the broader transformation of Russia from autocracy to the Soviet state. Through Diakonov’s shifting perspective, West chronicles the decline of the old Russian aristocracy and the rise of Bolshevik power.
First publish date: 1966
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Rebecca West
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