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The Man From St Petersburg Ken Follett

The Man From St Petersburg By Ken Follett

The Man From St Petersburg by Ken Follett


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Summary

On the eve of the First World War, a man comes to London to commit a murder that would change history.

The Man From St Petersburg Summary

The Man From St Petersburg by Ken Follett

The Man From St Petersburg is a dark tale of family secrets and political consequences. Ken Follett's masterful storytelling brings to life the danger of a world on the brink of war.

A Secret Negotiation
1914. Tensions are rising as Europe finds itself caught in a web of alliances and dangerous warmongering. To help tip the balance in their favour Britain aims to draw Russia into an alliance with them instead of Germany. Czar Nicholas's nephew, Prince Aleksei, is sent to London for secret naval talks with Lord Walden.

A Play for Power
Walden has a personal connection to Aleksei; his wife Lydia, is Aleksei's aunt. But they are not the only ones interested in his arrival, including Walden's daughter Charlotte, wilful, idealistic and with an awakening social conscience, Basil Thompson, head of Special Branch, and Felix Kschessinky, a ruthless Russian anarchist.

A World at War
With the British desperately needing a signed treaty and the fate of the world hanging in the balance, the destinies of these characters become inextricably linked as the final private tragedy which threatens to shatter the Waldens' complacency is acted out.

The Man From St Petersburg Reviews

Ken Follett has done it once more . . . goes down with the ease and impact of a well-prepared martini * The New York Times Book Review *
Eerily plausible . . . one of Follett's finest * Time *

About Ken Follett

The international number one bestseller Ken Follett has published over 30 books in a career spanning more than forty years. With global sales in excess of 170 million copies, his novels have been sold in over eighty countries and translated into thirty-seven languages. Ken was just twenty-seven when he wrote the award-winning thriller Eye of the Needle, which became an international success, but he surprised everyone in 1989 with The Pillars of the Earth. This story about the building of a cathedral in the Middle Ages continues to captivate millions of readers all over the world, and was voted into the top hundred of Britain's best-loved books in the BBC's The Big Read. Married to Barbara Follett, the former Labour Member of Parliament for Stevenage, Ken and his family live in a rambling rectory in Hertfordshire and also spend time in London and Antigua. An ardent admirer of the theatre, Ken is often seen at productions of Shakespeare's plays when not indulging his passions for writing and playing bass guitar.

Additional information

GOR010184113
9781509862344
150986234X
The Man From St Petersburg by Ken Follett
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pan Macmillan
2019-05-30
480
N/A
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