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  • The Race to Save the Romanovs

    The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue Russia's Imperial Family

    by Helen Rappaport ...
    Shortlisted for the HWA Sharpe Books Non-Fiction Crown AwardA work of investigative history that will completely change the way in which we see the Romanov story. Finally, here is the truth about the secret plans to rescue Russia’s last imperial family.On 17 July 1918, the whole of the Russian Imperial Family was murdered. There were no miraculous escapes. The former Tsar Nicholas, his wife ... Read more

    R202,39

  • Stalingrad to Kursk

    Triumph of the Red Army

    by Geoffrey Jukes ...
    An acclaimed WWII historian presents a provocative reassessment of the Eastern Front battles that turned the tide against Hitler's advance.The epic battles fought at Stalingrad and Kursk were pivotal events in the war on the Eastern Front. After the catastrophic failure of the German offensives of 1942 and 1943, the Wehrmacht was forced onto the defensive. Never again would it regain the ... Read more

    R227,46 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bolshoi Confidential

    Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to Today

    by Simon Morrison ...
    On a freezing night in January 2013, an assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Filin. The crime, organized by a lead soloist, dragged one of Russia’s most illustrious institutions into scandal.Under Vladimir Putin, the Bolshoi Theatre has been called on to preserve Russia’s lengthy artistic legacy and to mirror its neo-imperial ambitions. As ... Read more

    R158,80

  • Cilka's Journey

    The Sunday Times bestselling sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz now a major SKY TV series

    by Heather Morris ...
    *Cilka's*****Journey is the million copy bestselling sequel to the phenomenon The Tattooist of Auschwitz.Don't miss out on THE WISH - the new Heather Morris novel of unexpected friendship, love and legacy. Out now in hardback, ebook and audiobook.'She was the bravest person I ever met'Lale Sokolov, The Tattooist of AuschwitzIn 1942 Cilka Klein is just sixteen years old when she is t... ... Read more

    R122,35

  • Red Notice

    The shocking Sunday Times bestseller and true-life thriller about corruption, politics, and murder in Russia

    by Bill Browder ...
    **'An unburdening, a witness statement and a thriller all at the same time ... electrifying.'**The TimesI have to assume that there is a very real chance that Putin or members of his regime will have me killed some day. If I'm killed, you will know who did it. When my enemies read this book, they will know that you know.A Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. A true-life thriller by one of ... Read more

    R202,39

  • Dead Mountain

    The True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

    by Donnie Eichar ...
    In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the incident—unexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final photograph taken by one of the hikers, and elevated levels of radiation found on some of their clothes ... Read more

    R176,97

  • The Russian Concubine

    'Wonderful . . . hugely ambitious and atmospheric' Kate Mosse

    by Kate Furnivall ...
    Series Book 1 - Russian Concubine
    *** THE Sunday Times TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR ***'Wonderful . . . hugely ambitious and atmospheric' Kate MosseDiscover a brilliant story of love, danger, courage and betrayal, from the internationally bestselling author of The Betrayal.*****Junchow, China, 1928.Lydia Ivanova was among the Russian elite until the Bolsheviks revolutions forced her to flee to China wit... ... Read more

    R219,41

  • Stalingrad

    by Antony Beevor ...
    The international million copy bestseller recounting the epic turning point of the WW2______________In October 1942, an officer wrote 'Stalingrad is no longer a town . . . Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure'.The battle for Stalingrad became the focus of Hitler and Stalin's determination and its citizens endured unimaginable hardship as a result. But ... Read more

    R183,99

  • The Gulag Archipelago

    by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ...
    Solzhenitsyn spent eleven years in labour camps and in exile.This book is his masterwork, based on his own experiences as well as the testimony of some 200 survivors. A vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police, of informers and spies and interrogators but also of everyday heroism, it chronicles the story of those who dared to oppose Stalin, and for whom the key to survival ... Read more

    R275,99

  • One Night in Winter

    by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...
    Series Book 3 - The Moscow Trilogy
    Winner of the Political Fiction Book of the Year 2014.By the author of the world-wide bestsellers, Jerusalem, and Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, and based on a true story, a heart-breaking, addictively readable love story set in Stalin's Russia.If your children were forced to testify against you, what terrible secrets would they reveal?Moscow 1945. As Stalin and his courtiers c... ... Read more

    R183,99

  • A Woman In Berlin

    An extraordinary wartime memoir

    by Anonymous Author ...
    Series Book 34 - Virago Modern Classics
    'This is a devastating book. It is matter-of-fact, makes no attempt to score political points, does not attempt to solicit sympathy for its protagonist and yet is among the most chilling indictments of war I have ever read. Everybody, in particular every woman ought to read it' ARUNDHATI ROY'One of the most important personal accounts ever written about the effects of war and defeat' ANTONY ... Read more

    R250,80

  • Berlin

    The Downfall 1945: The authoritative history book uncovering the final days of the Nazi Third Reich

    by Antony Beevor ...
    THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ON THE LAST DAYS OF THE THIRD REICH'Recounts, in harrowing detail and with formidable skill, the brutal death-throes of Hitler's Reich at the hands of the rampaging Red Army' Boyd Tonkin, Independent'An irresistibly compelling narrative, of events so terrible that they still have the power to provoke wonder and awe' Adam Sisman, Observer________________... ... Read more

    R183,99

  • The Hunter Killers

    The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam War

    by Dan Hampton ...
    At the height of the Cold War, America’s most elite aviators bravely volunteered for a covert program aimed at eliminating an impossible new threat. Half never returned. All became legends. From New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton comes one of the most extraordinary untold stories of Vietnam War aviation history.Vietnam, 1965: On July 24 a USAF F-4 Phantom jet was suddenly blown from the ... Read more

    R235,39

  • Ekaterinburg

    The Last Days of the Romanovs

    by Helen Rappaport ...
    A vivid and compelling account of the final thirteen days of the Romanovs, counting down to the last, tense hours of their lives.On 4 July 1918, a new commandant took control of a closely guarded house in the Russian town of Ekaterinburg. His name was Yakov Yurovsky, and his prisoners were the Imperial family: the former Tsar Nicholas, his wife Alexandra, and their children, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, ... Read more

    R202,39

  • My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History: Russia 1917-91: From Lenin to Yeltsin

    by Robin Bunce ...
    Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, s... ... Read more

    R235,16

  • Black Sun

    Based on a true story, the critically acclaimed Soviet thriller

    by Owen Matthews ...
    **'Outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES'A stunning debut thriller . . . utterly terrifying . . . absolutely riveting' DAILY MAIL'Fascinating . . . fearsome' FREDERICK FORSYTH'Enthralling' FINANCIAL TIMES'Thrilling . . . compelling' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIOREHidden deep within central Soviet Russia is a place that doesn't appear on any ... ... Read more

    R183,99

  • Londongrad

    From Russia with Cash; The Inside Story of the Oligarchs

    by Mark Hollingsworth, Stewart Lansley ...
    The amazing true story of how London became home to the Russian super-rich – told for the first time ever. A dazzling tale of incredible wealth, ferocious disputes, beautiful women, private jets, mega-yachts, the world’s best footballers – and chauffeur-driven Range Rovers with tinted windows.A group of buccaneering Russian oligarchs made colossal fortunes after the collapse of communism – and ... Read more

    R142,93

  • The Romanovs

    The Story of Russia and its Empire 1613-1918

    by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...
    The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all?This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition. Montefiore's gripping ... Read more

    R297,84

  • Sashenka

    by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...
    Series Book 1 - The Moscow Trilogy
    Discover the epic story of revolution, passion, and betrayal from international bestselling author and historian, Simon Sebag Montefiore - Book 1 in The Mosow Trilogy!*RECOMMENDED BY THE QUEEN'S READING ROOM BOOK CLUB*'Intricate, fast moving... by the time I put the book down, long after midnight, I was in tears' - The Times'Gripping. The perfect mix of sweeping history and... ... Read more

    R220,79

  • Chernobyl

    History of a Tragedy

    by Serhii Plokhy ...
    Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize 2018'An insightful and important book, that often reads like a good thriller, and that exposes the danger of mixing powerful technology with irresponsible politics' - Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens'As moving as it is painstakingly researched. . . a cracking read' - Viv Groskop, ObserverThe gripping story of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, from an acclaimed ... Read more

    R183,99

  • Leningrad: Siege and Symphony

    The Story of the Great City Terrorized by Stalin, Starved by Hitler, Immortalized by Shostakovich

    by Brian Moynahan ...
    The "gripping story" of a Nazi blockade, a Russian composer, and a ragtag band of musicians who fought to keep up a besieged city's morale ( The New York Times Book Review).For 872 days during World War II, the German Army encircled the city of Leningrad—modern-day St. Petersburg—in a military operation that would cripple the former capital and major Soviet industrial center. Palaces were looted ... Read more

    R255,98 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Enemy at the Gates

    The Battle for Stalingrad

    by William Craig ...
    A New York Times bestseller that brings to life one of the bloodiest battles of World War II—and the beginning of the end of the Third Reich.On August 5, 1942, giant pillars of dust rose over the Russian steppe, marking the advance of the 6th Army, an elite German combat unit dispatched by Hitler to capture the industrial city of Stalingrad and press on to the oil fields of Azerbaijan. The Germans ... Read more

    R284,50 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Short History of Russia

    by Mark Galeotti ...
    'Fascinating... One of the most astute political commentators on Putin and modern Russia' Financial Times**'An amazing achievement' Peter FrankopanCan anyone truly understand Russia?**Russia is a country with no natural borders, no single ethos, no true central identity. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, it is everyone's 'other'. And yet it is one of the most powerful nations on earth, a ... Read more

    R239,19

  • All the Kremlin's Men

    Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin

    by Mikhail Zygar ...
    An extraordinary behind-the-scenes portrait of the court of Vladimir Putin, the oligarchs that surround it, and the many moods of modern Russia that reads like a "real House of Cards"(Lev Lurie).All the Kremlin's Men is a gripping narrative of an accidental king and a court out of control. Based on an unprecedented series of interviews with Vladimir Putin's inner circle, this book presents a ... Read more

    R156,85