Midnight in St Petersburg

Set in St Petersburg during the Russian Revolution, a sweeping novel of love and loss as one woman fights for her own personal survival - and for the man she loves. By the acclaimed author of Blood Royal and Queen of Silks.

a rich gorgeous broth of passion and danger ... I was swept away by the meticulous set-dressing, epic plot and unashamed romanticism

a tale of thundering passions set in the Russian Revolution ... Historical fiction at its best.

Vanora Bennett is an author and journalist who has covered political, military and religious conflicts in unstable countries around the world. 
 
She has written six previous books: four historical novels and two non-fiction books about her experiences. She lives in North London with her husband and two sons. To find out more, visit www.vanorabennett.com

Set in St Petersburg during the Russian Revolution, a sweeping novel of love and loss as one woman fights for her own personal survival - and for the man she loves. By the acclaimed author of Blood Royal and Queen of Silks. 
 
St Petersburg,1911: Inna Feldman has fled the pogroms of her native Kiev to take refuge with distant relatives in Russia’s capital city. 
 
Welcomed into the flamboyant Leman family, she is apprenticed into their violin-making workshop, and feels instantly at home in their bohemian circle of friends. 
 
But revolution is in the air and, as society begins to fracture, she is forced to choose between following her heart or her head. 
 
Her brooding cousin, Yasha is wild, destructive and bent on rebellion. While Horace, the Englishman who works for Fabergé, promises security and respectability. 
 
As the city descends into anarchy and blood-letting, Inna is offered a chance to escape. But which man will she choose to take with her? And is she already too late?

Vanora Bennett

She tells a story ... with unobtrusive skill and sympathy

a genuinely intriguing and intricate plot with lots of false leads, twists, turns and surprises

With its superb characterisation, enigmatic storyline and gripping dénouement, The White Russian is a dark and fascinating slice of little-known history.

Vanora Bennett captures the mood of the thirties to perfection, and her characters simply leap off the page

This is a great, intriguing book that really grabs you. Perfect if you love historical novels

This well-researched piece is a thrilling page-turner

A gripping novel of forbidden passion and intrigue

Delightfully written with pathos, intrigue and mystery on every page

From the author of Midnight in St Petersburg, a novel of love, art, music and family secrets set amongst the Russian émigré community of Paris in 1937. 
 
Evie, a rebellious young American leaves New York in search of art and adventure in jazz-age Paris, where her grandmother lives. But on arrival, her grandmother’s sudden death leaves Evie compelled to carry out her dying wish: to find a man from her past called Zhenya. 
 
The quest leads Evie deep into the heart of the Russian émigré community of Paris. With the world on the brink of war, she becomes embroiled in murder plots, conspiracies and illicit love affairs as White faces Red Russian and nothing is as it seems. 
 
With Jean, a liberal Russian writer by her side, Evie finally seems to have found the passion and excitement she's yearned for. But is she any nearer to discovering the identity of the mysterious Zhenya, or the heartbreak of her grandmother's past?

Vanora Bennett

Praise for The White Russian

Deeply romantic

blissful escapist writing

She tells a story ... with unobtrusive skill and sympathy

Deeply romantic

blissful escapist writing

She tells a story ... with unobtrusive skill and sympathy

Deeply romantic

blissful escapist writing

She tells a story ... with unobtrusive skill and sympathy

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