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Petrograd
Wiliam Owen Roberts
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Description for Petrograd
Paperback. Teenage, precocious Alyosha Alexandrov has never known anything but a life of privilege. He spends his days avoiding study and pursuing pretty young maids. But Russia is poised on the brink of epochal political upheaval and within a year Alyosha is separated from family, security, and the innocence of youth. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 440.
It's the summer or 1916 and the Alexandrov family prepare to embark on their annual holiday, accompanied by an army of staff primed to cater to their needs. Teenage, precocious Alyosha Alexandrov has never known anything but a life of privilege. He spends his days avoiding study and pursuing pretty young maids. But Russia is poised on the brink of epochal political upheaval and within a year Alyosha is separated from family, security, and the innocence of youth. Set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath, spanning the turbulent years from 1916 to 1924, Petrograd is ... Read more
It's the summer or 1916 and the Alexandrov family prepare to embark on their annual holiday, accompanied by an army of staff primed to cater to their needs. Teenage, precocious Alyosha Alexandrov has never known anything but a life of privilege. He spends his days avoiding study and pursuing pretty young maids. But Russia is poised on the brink of epochal political upheaval and within a year Alyosha is separated from family, security, and the innocence of youth. Set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath, spanning the turbulent years from 1916 to 1924, Petrograd is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Parthian Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
550
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909844568
SKU
V9781909844568
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About Wiliam Owen Roberts
Petrograd is Wiliam Owen Roberts' fourth novel. To date he has written six original TV series and three films, as well as series and plays for radio and the stage. His first novel Bingo! was published in 1985, followed by Y Pla (1987), which won the Welsh Arts Council Prize for Literature in 1988, appeared in English in 1991 as ... Read more
Reviews for Petrograd
"An epic novel... you can almost smell Russia." BBC Arts "...one of the highlights in the history of the novel in Wales." The Welshman "This is a novel with a huge international appeal." BBC Cymru "a substantial, perceptive and highly readable novel." Barddas