The Diary of Lena Mukhina by Lena Mukhina
The heartbreaking diary of a sixteen-year-old Russian high school student who was living in Leningrad during the Nazi siege that began in 1941.
Lena's diary, sustained by emotional stamina and driven by daily drama, describes one of the worst civilian horrors of modern wartime-- Iain Finlayson * The Times *
Heartbreaking ... the innocence set against the reader's terrible sense of impending doom. * Mail on Sunday *
An extraordinary testament to the horrors suffered during the 900-day blockade. * Choice *
Heartbreaking ... the innocence set against the reader's terrible sense of impending doom. * Mail on Sunday *
An extraordinary testament to the horrors suffered during the 900-day blockade. * Choice *
Lena Mukhina was a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl when the German army invaded the USSR in 1941 and besieged her home city of Leningrad. She survived the siege and returned to Leningrad after the war. She died in 1991.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781447284352 |
| ISBN 10 | 1447284356 |
| Title | The Diary of Lena Mukhina |
| Author | Lena Mukhina |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2015-02-12 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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