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"The Secret Speech" traces life in the Soviet Union during the turbulent years following Stalin’s death in 1953 and the 1956 Khrushchev pronouncement that denounced the former leader’s tyranny. Former state security officer Leo Demidov, now trying to reinvent himself, must protect his wife Raisa and their two adopted daughters from the deadly repercussions of their past. When the truth of the secret speech is revealed, those who once enforced the regime—and those previously punished by it—mobilise to seek vengeance. The narrative spans Moscow, Siberian gulags, and the Hungarian uprising in Budapest, illustrating the enduring impact of political change on ordinary families.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Tom Rob Smith
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