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Russia after the Revolution
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Shaun (Eclectic Reads) wrote: "Think I might use Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith if I get to this category.
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This was very popular a few years ago, good pick.

This was very popular a few years ago, good pick.


Shaun wrote: "The Siege would also fit here, if you don't mind your historical fiction bleak and harrowing"
Shaun wrote: "Thinking I might pick up The Vanishing Futurist in this category."
Both books would fit well, but yeah the Siege is too harrowing for me.
Shaun wrote: "Thinking I might pick up The Vanishing Futurist in this category."
Both books would fit well, but yeah the Siege is too harrowing for me.
Susan wrote: "My current thoughts for this challenge include Russian Winter and the Revolution of Marina M. They have been on my TBR for a while and winter seems like the perfect time to read them."
Good choices
Good choices


Does the trilogy need to be read in order?

Does the trilogy need to be..."
No, you can read them completely separate from each other.

Here is the summary:
In an enthralling new feat of historical suspense, Ariel Lawhon unravels the extraordinary twists and turns in Anna Anderson's 50-year battle to be recognized as Anastasia Romanov. Is she the Russian Grand Duchess or the thief of another woman's legacy? Countless others have rendered their verdict. Now it is your turn.
Russia, July 17, 1918: Under direct orders from Vladimir Lenin, Bolshevik secret police force Anastasia Romanov, along with the entire imperial family, into a damp basement in Siberia where they face a merciless firing squad. None survive. At least that is what the executioners have always claimed.
Germany, February 17, 1920: A young woman bearing an uncanny resemblance to Anastasia Romanov is pulled shivering and senseless from a canal in Berlin. Refusing to explain her presence in the freezing water, she is taken to the hospital where an examination reveals that her body is riddled with countless, horrific scars. When she finally does speak, this frightened, mysterious woman claims to be the Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia.
Her detractors, convinced that the young woman is only after the immense Romanov fortune, insist on calling her by a different name: Anna Anderson.
As rumors begin to circulate through European society that the youngest Romanov daughter has survived the massacre, old enemies and new threats are awakened. With a brilliantly crafted dual narrative structure, Lawhon wades into the most psychologically complex and emotionally compelling territory yet: the nature of identity itself.
The question of who Anna Anderson is and what actually happened to Anastasia Romanov creates a saga that spans fifty years and touches three continents. This thrilling story is every bit as moving and momentous as it is harrowing and twisted.
About the Author
ARIEL LAWHON is a critically acclaimed author of historical fiction. Her books have been translated into numerous languages and have been Library Reads, One Book One County, and Book of the Month Club selections. She is the co-founder of SheReads.org and lives in the rolling hills outside Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband, four sons, black Lab, and a deranged cat. She splits her time between the grocery store and the baseball field.

Here is the summary:
In an enthralling new feat of historical suspense, Ariel Lawhon unravels the extraordinary twists and turns in Anna..."
I was just planning to write that I chose this book for the prompt, at least Anastasia's timeline definitely deal with Russia after the revolution. I really liked it!




Melanie wrote: "Shaun (Eclectic Reads) wrote: "Think I might use Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith if I get to this category.

This was very popular a few years ago, good pick."
There are also 3 other books in this series after Child 44..




I'm trying to do this challenge with books that are already on my shelves, and I recently read The Devils' Dance by Hamid Ismailov, which is a novel set in 19th century and 1930's Uzbekistan - the vast majority of the novel is set in Soviet-occupied Uzbekistan.
Books mentioned in this topic
Requiem for a Lost Empire (other topics)The Siege (other topics)
Child 44 (other topics)
The Big Green Tent (other topics)
The Vanishing Futurist (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Lyudmila Ulitskaya (other topics)Hamid Ismailov (other topics)
Sana Krasikov (other topics)
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