One Night in Winter, Simon Sebag Montefiore
One Night in Winter, Simon Sebag Montefiore
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One Night in Winter
A Novel

Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore

Narrator: Simon Prebble

Unabridged: 13 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/06/2014


Synopsis

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 girl—dressed in traditional nineteenth-century costumes—lie 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 Simon Sebag Montefiore

Simon Sebag Montefiore's bestselling books are published in more than forty languages. He is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Sashenka. As a historian, his works include Jerusalem: The Biography; Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar; and Young Stalin, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography, the Costa Biography Prize (United Kingdom), and Le Grand Prix de Biographie Politique (France). One Night in Winter won the 2014 Political Fiction Book of the Year Prize (United Kingdom) and was long-listed for the Orwell Prize.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Katie Scarlett on July 17, 2016

Ja ovu knjigu nisam ispuštala iz ruku do poslednje strane. Ima nešto u načinu na koji Simon pripoveda, tako brutalno iskreno, a opet obavijeno velom romanse i nade. Sa lakoćom ulazi iz lika u lik, bio to desetogodišnji dečak ili montruozni pripadnik tajne policije. Fascinantan slučaj ruske istorije,......more

Goodreads review by Mike on June 09, 2023

What a great book. I think I chose it more on the authors unusual name rather than the content. But it was a good choice. Set in 1945 Russia the story is based around the initial deaths of two youngsters. Suicide or murder? They are children of senior apparatchiks and so the secret service - Organs-......more

Goodreads review by Pete Harris on April 11, 2017

Almost but not quite. The historian leaned back in his chair and thought "I make a decent living from writing popular non-fiction, but I don't make nearly as many zloties as that Robert Harris, I think I'll try for a bit of what he's getting" And he nearly, but not quite, makes it. What Sebag-Montefio......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on March 10, 2017

It was hard to put down. I was captivated by this extraordinary story within which some of the characters were actual historical figures. Looking over one's shoulder all the time for fear of being incarcerated, tortured, sent to the Gulags or killed for the slightest move in the wrong direction in t......more

Goodreads review by Kiwiflora on October 20, 2013

A bit of internet research shows up that Joseph Stalin, dictator leader of the Soviet Union from mind-1920s till his death in 1953, was responsible during this time for the deaths of 20 million Soviet people - his own people. Most died from starvation either due to state induced famine or in the inf......more