Motherland, by Julia Ioffe
Review by Karen Langley Russia is a county which has had innumerable books written about its history, whether from its earliest times, or more particularly from the period of its…
The Race to Save the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport
Review by Karen Langley The fate of the last of the Romanov Tsars and his family has exerted a fascination over the public during the century since their violent death…
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Paperback review by Annabel Amor Towles’ debut novel Rules of Civility was one of the best books I read in 2011. Although Towles graduated in English back in the late…