Petersburg - Softcover

Hanlon, Emily

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804104840 ISBN 13: 9780804104845

Publisher: Ivy Books, 1989

Synopsis

Four people swept up in the turmoil of the Russian Revolution experience the bitter struggles, courageous calls to arms, and passionate love--both personal and patriotic--that carry them through a time of staggering conflicts and changes

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About the Author

Emily Hanlon is the author of eight books of fiction, including Petersburg, (Putnams) which was translated into several languages and reached the best sellers list in England. Her latest book, The Art of Fiction Writing or How to Fall Down the Rabbit Hole Without Really Trying, is based on her twenty-two years of teaching creative writing and leading writers on the creative journey. Her novels, The Swing and The Wing and the Flame have just been re-released. Her weeklong writing retreat for women, Writing, Creativity and Ritual, will be held in the Tuscan hills outside of Florence, Italy in late September 2002. Her ongoing writing workshops are in Westchester County, New York. Emily works with writers around the country on the phone and teaches at the International Women’s Writing Guild conference at Skidmore College. She was a founding member of the National Writers Union. Her website is The Fiction Writer's Journey. Her email is emily@emilyhanlon.com

From Publishers Weekly

In her first venture into adult fiction, the author of books for children and young adults has produced a hefty historical saga that makes a compelling read. A lush and boldly imagined re-creation of the 1905 "dress rehearsal" for the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, it smoothly mixes history and fiction, realism and romance. The principal characters, all participants in revolutionary movements dedicated to the violent overthrow of the czar, are: Alexei, who has risen from peasanthood to become one of the wealthiest men in Russia; Anna, a brilliant pianist and a privileged daughter of the old regime who falls in love with Alexei; Irina, a passionate idealist who deserts the glittering court to fight for the people's cause; and Mishima, Alexei's nephew, a fiery revolutionary in love with Irina. Historical figures depicted with accurate detail include Czar Nicholas II, Trotsky, Gorky and Father Gapon. Other characters are either fictitious or composite portraits based on real people, but all carry conviction and verisimilitude to real life. The scenes in which they take partscenes of passion, plotting, violence in the streets and confrontations with the dreaded secret police, the Okhranasucceed each other at a mounting pace. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternates.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Ivy Books
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0804104840
• ISBN 13: 9780804104845
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 624