Fascinating, absorbing and beautifully written
Lovers of historical fiction.
The book opens in 1922 Russia after the Revolution. Our protagonist, 32 year-old Count Alexander Rostov, is sentenced by a Bolshevik Tribunal to house arrest in a luxury hotel — for the crime of being born privileged. He spends the next three decades in the hotel, his room being a small attic. We see hotel life and Russian history through his eyes. Truly a lesson in how to play the hand you’ve been dealt.
This book has a bit of everything: Russian aristocracy, 20th Century Russian history, romance, politics, espionage…and a very charming Count. I hated having to say goodbye to him!
No criticisms at all.
