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Yulia Yakovleva


Genre
Art, Crime, Children's


Yulia Yakovleva is a writer based in Oslo, Norway, who writes in Norwegian and Russian. Her books have received several international awards.

She has written a series of children’s novels – known as “The Leningrad Tales” – that examine aspects of the Stalin era, including political repressions and World War 2. The first book, The Raven’s Children, which was published in 2016 and translated into English by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp in 2018, is set in 1938 and tells of a brother and sister whose parents are taken away during the night. Later “Leningrad Tales” books cover the blockade of Leningrad, World War 2 evacuation, and returning home.

Yakovleva’s series of three adult historical detective novels about Leningrad police investigator Vasily Zaits ...more

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Average rating: 3.7 · 1,871 ratings · 322 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors
Punishment of a Hunter (A L...
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Бретёр (Мурин #1)
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Нашествие
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Небо в алмазах (Зайцев #3)
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Случай в Москве (Мурин #3)
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Series by Yulia Yakovleva

Punishment of a Hunter Death of the Red Rider Небо в алмазах
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3.59 avg rating — 974 ratings

The Raven's Children Краденый город Жуки не плачут Волчье небо Глиняные пчёлы
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3.90 avg rating — 434 ratings

Бретёр Таинственная невеста Случай в Москве
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3.75 avg rating — 244 ratings

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