- Imprint: Penguin
- ISBN: 9781405975131
- Length: 400 pages
- Price: £12.99
Saint Petersburg
Sacrifice and Redemption in the City That Defied Hitler
Patrick Bishop, author of Paris '44Richly-layered and packed with insight, this riveting account of terrible events tells us as much about the present as it does the past
Brendan Simms, author of HitlerThe story of the siege of Leningrad is one of the great epics of modern history. It has been told many times before, but never in such an engrossing, moving, often horrifying but also uplifting way
Amanda Foreman, author of GeorgianaSinclair McKay has followed up his spellbinding history of Berlin with another tour de force. Saint Petersburg is a riveting account of a beautiful city with a dark soul. Interlaced between descriptions of incredible beauty and decay are such unforgettable tales of cruelty and courage as to make a reader weep or forget to breathe. McKay's magisterial history of Peter the Great’s monumental gift to Russia will become a classic in its own right
Gerard DeGroot, The TimesMcKay is a gifted writer; his prose has the cadence, tone and power of a Shostakovich symphony. Horror is majestically conveyed
About Sinclair McKay
Sinclair McKay is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Meeting Churchill, Berlin, Dresden, The Secret Life of Bletchley Park, The Secret Listeners, Bletchley Park Brainteasers and Secret Service Brainteasers. He is a literary critic for the Telegraph and the Spectator and lives in London.
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