Eastern Europe

I, Vera: The Many Lives of Vera Gedroits, a Radical Princess

‘Vera Gedroits was a true medical heroine: outrageous, intrepid and devoted to saving lives. Miranda Seymour’s genius as a story teller brings this astonishing woman blazing back to life. I shall never forget her’ LADY ANTONIA FRASER

‘Miranda Seymour has written a wonderful and unputdownable book about an astonishing woman’ MEL GIEDROYC

Parallel Lives: A Love Story from a Lost Continent

This is the simplest tale in the world. Two people meet and fall in love. But the route which brought Larissa Salmina and Francis Haskell to a backstreet Venetian restaurant in 1962 was anything but straightforward.

Battle of the Arctic: The Maritime Epic of World War Two

WINSTON CHURCHILL called it ‘the worst journey in the world’. But was even this telling quote, describing the nightmarish torment experienced while transporting military aid to northern Russia during World War Two, an understatement?

Moscow Underground: Unabridged edition

‘A gripping thriller and Belkin is a character many readers will want to encounter again’ THE SUNDAY TIMES

‘Remarkable … If only all first novels were as enthralling as this’ FINANCIAL TIMES

‘Merridale’s talents as a Russia expert and writer combine to beam light on the depths of Moscow’s underworld’ THE SUN

Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess

A Spectator Best Book of the Year

Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his great-great-great grandmother, an uneducated, vulnerable girl cast into a man’s world.

The CIA Book Club: The Best-Kept Secret of the Cold War

‘Entertaining and vivid… This is a gripping account of an intriguing and little-known Cold War moment’ OBSERVER

‘Reads like a thriller’ THE SUN

The astonishing story of the ten million books that were smuggled across the Iron Curtain during the Cold War.

Looking at Women, Looking at War

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE

WITH A FOREWORD FROM MARGARET ATWOOD

‘This book would always have been important evidence that the Ukraine people were suffering criminal attack. Written by a poet, it is also a work of literature, published after the author lost her life doing her research. It is an icon of a young woman’s heroism’ Philippa Gregory

To The City: Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul

‘An enthralling guide to one of the world’s great cities – that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics of Istanbul’ PETER FRANKOPAN

‘A love letter to this ancient capital’ THE TIMES

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