Nocturne for the General by John Trenhaile
In a Soviet prison camp, an old man is known only as a number. Were his name to be made known his fellow inmates would kill him. For this old man is Stephan Ilyich Povin, former KGB general, now disgraced but kept alive because of a secret he has retained. By the author of "Tiger of Desire".John Trenhaile is a barrister living in Ashdown Forest with his wife and two children. He was educated at Epsom College and at Magdalen, Oxford.
He first toured south-east Asia in 1982 and on each return trip has researched customs and cultures with the help of the many friends he has made there. He has been studying Mandarin for some years.
‘Kyril’, the first of the novels in his Russian ‘Povin’ trilogy, was filmed for television as ‘The Man Called Kyril’.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780006472971 |
| ISBN 10 | 0006472974 |
| Title | Nocturne for the General |
| Author | John Trenhaile |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 1995-01-09 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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