On 21 June 1922, Count Alexander Rostov – recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt – is escorted out of the Kremlin, across Red Square and through the elegant revolving doors of the Hotel Metropol.ĭeemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count has been sentenced to house arrest indefinitely. It's elegant, witty and delightful - much like the Count himself.' Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year ‘Charming … shows that not all books about Russian aristocrats have to be full of doom and nihilism’ The Times, Books of the Year ‘No historical novel this year was more witty, insightful or original than Amor Towles’s A Gentleman in Moscow ’ Sunday Times, Books of the Year ‘This novel is astonishing, uplifting and wise. NOMINATED FOR THE 2018 INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS WEEK AWARD ***Soon to be a major TV series starring Kenneth Branagh***
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