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4) The cellist
5) Moscow rules
Moscow is no longer the gray, grim city of Soviet times. Now it is awash with oil wealth and choked with bulletproof Bentleys. But in the new Russia, power once again resides behind the walls of the Kremlin. Critics of the ruling class are ruthlessly silenced....
Napoleon's turbulent history with Russia including his doomed 1812 invasion provides the setting for Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. Often referred to as the greatest novel of all time, Tolstoy's classic follows the tumultuous personal lives of two aristocratic families touching on all of the great human epochs; youth, matrimony, age and death.
11) Immanuel's veins
After a decorated CIA career spanning 30 years, Jason Matthews makes his fiction debut with the espionage thriller Red Sparrow. Russian intelligence officer Dominika Egorova is a "sparrow," trained in both spy games and seduction. Her target is CIA operative Nathaniel Nash, and the two have an instant, passionate—and ultimately deadly—connection.
Conrad reputedly wrote Under Western Eyes (1911) in response to Crime and Punishment, which he detested. The action takes place in Russia and Switzerland and shows Conrad's cynicism of revolutionary movements and ideals. It also condemns the impact on the poor and innocent by the actions of the powerful.
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