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Small Acts of Kindness, Jennifer Antill
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- 2022
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- Titel
- Small Acts of Kindness
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Jennifer Antill
- Verlag
- Universe
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2022
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 368
- ISBN10
- 1914414993
- ISBN13
- 9781914414992
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Historische Romane
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- Beschreibung
- , St Petersburg, 1825. Imperial Russia still basks in the glory of victory over Napoleon, but in the army and elsewhere resentment is growing against serfdom and autocracy. Vasily, a pleasure loving, privileged young man, returns home from abroad expecting to embark on a glittering career. Having become entangled in an impossible love affair, he joins a conspiracy to overthrow the government. Threatened by exile to Siberia or death, he is forced to flee the Tsar's vengeance. Vasily hopes to rebuild his life in a distant provincial town. But he cannot forget his lost love, and now finds himself pursued by a rival who aims to destroy him. Can he escape the past, mend his broken relationships and find a better way to change the world?,