Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt - is escorted out of the Kremlin, across Red Square and through the elegant revolving doors of the Hotel Metropol.
Deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count has been sentenced to house arrest indefinitely But instead of his usual suite, he must now live in an attic room
while Russia undergoes decades of tumultuous upheaval.
Can a life without luxury be the richest of all?
Some reviews of this book-
'Everything a novel should be: charming, witty, poetic and generous. An absolute delight!
Mail on Sunday
'There is so, so much to love ... elegantly captures that most apposite of lessons: "By the smallest of one's actions, one can restore some sense of order to the world." Brilliant!
Sunday Express
"A tale abundant in humour, history and humanity ... That Towles also makes this rollicking good fun is no mean feat.
Sunday Telegraph
A comic masterpiece ... a sheer delight.
Daily Express
"Towles' use of language is a pleasure and you can't help but savour every word . . . a great work of fiction!
The Herald
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Book details:-
- Publisher : Windmill Books (2 November 2017)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 480 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0099558785
- ISBN-13 : 978-0099558781
- Item Weight : 330 g
- Dimensions : 13 x 3 x 20 cm
- Country of Origin : United Kingdom
- Generic Name : Book
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