· The tale of the Romanovs has always been stranger than fiction. Still, the small details that Bradby includes lend a tantalizing authenticity to his fictional sidebar to one of the great stories of the twentieth century.” –Orlando Sentinel “Brilliant St. Petersburg illuminates The White Russian Rusky is a character to rememberBrand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. With meticulous research and narrative skill Tom Bradby brilliantly re-creates the gilded salons and squalid tenements of St. Petersburg in the last days of the tsars. Evocative and thrilling, The White Russian is a tumultuous story of murder and betrayal in a city at the crossroads of history/5(). THE WHITE RUSSIAN is, first and foremost, a novel of mystery. But Tom Bradby intersperses plenty of historical snippets and multi-dimensional facets to build a vividly real tale. Then, when you add in an undercurrent a very strong one of romantic entanglements, you have the .
Find many great new used options and get the best deals for The White Russian by Tom Bradby (Paperback, ) at the best online prices at eBay! Tom Bradby is a novelist, screenwriter and journalist. As a broadcaster, he is best known as the current Anchor of ITV's News at Ten. The Master of Rain was shortlisted for the Crime Writers Association Steel Dagger for Thriller of the Year, and both The White Russian and The God of Chaos for the CWA Historical Crime Novel of the Year. The White Russian. Tom Bradby; Formats editions. EBook. Tom Bradby is a novelist, screenwriter and journalist. As a broadcaster, he is best known as the current Anchor of ITV's News at Ten. In his first year in the job, he was named Network Presenter of the Year by the Royal Television Society.
With meticulous research and narrative skill Tom Bradby brilliantly re-creates the gilded salons and squalid tenements of St. Petersburg in the last days of the tsars. Evocative and thrilling, The White Russian is a tumultuous story of murder and betrayal in a city at the crossroads of history. While The White Russian introduces readers to St. Petersburg's exotic and economic extremes--tenements of Dostoevskian squalidness, gilded ballet theaters full of garrulous royalty--it is a rather less ambitiously atmospheric story than Bradby's previous novel, 's The Master of Rain. Yet it boasts a similarly tumbling pace, emotionally torn and credible characters (including a "neurotic and hysterical" Tsarina Alexandra), and twists and dubious allegiances enough to leave readers. The tale of the Romanovs has always been stranger than fiction. Still, the small details that Bradby includes lend a tantalizing authenticity to his fictional sidebar to one of the great stories of the twentieth century.” –Orlando Sentinel “Brilliant St. Petersburg illuminates The White Russian Rusky is a character to remember.
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