The Secret City
Independently published
ISBN13:
9781675460801
$13.59
Set at the time of the Russian revolution (for clarity, the second one, not the first). Anything, to grab me as either a plot, or a central thread, or even a connection really as to what this book was about. Divided into three sections, the book follows many lives intertwined by different arrivals in Petrograd, Russia, and a family already living there. There is vague mention of a 'monster sighting' beneath a frozen river. there is political intrigue. . . there is a love story. . . and there is the revolution. But sadly, none of these themes ever emerges victorious over the others in captivating a reader's interest.Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 - 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death.
- | Author: Sir Hugh Walpole
- | Publisher: Independently published
- | Publication Date: January 11, 2020
- | Number of Pages: 243 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1675460809
- | ISBN-13: 9781675460801
- Author:
- Sir Hugh Walpole
- Publisher:
- Independently published
- Publication Date:
- January 11, 2020
- Number of pages:
- 243 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1675460809
- ISBN-13:
- 9781675460801