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Russia #2
Journey Into Fire
He was a musician trained as a murderer, a Czarist aristocrat who lived a lie to join the party. She was a dedicated surgeon, a woman torn between her love for a man and her revolutionary ideals.
Together they survived imprisonment and torture, war and betrayal, in a novel that sweeps across half a century of Russian history -- a love story shaped by an undying passion and a ruthless destiny.
Together they survived imprisonment and torture, war and betrayal, in a novel that sweeps across half a century of Russian history -- a love story shaped by an undying passion and a ruthless destiny.
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510 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1977
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August 21, 2018
The cover of this book suggests a romance but don't let that fool you. This is a well researched, well written historical novel of post-revolution Russia and is well worth checking out by anyone interested in that period.
October 18, 2024
‘…if when the precious seed of conscience appears we all fear ridicule and retribution too much to dare to water it, how can it ever grow?’
A gripping tale emulating the brutal life of 21st century Russia: seeding through the undulating hope and trauma, hope and trauma, of life under Kerensky, the Bolsheviks, Lenin, Trotsky and finally Stalin. Our protagonist ‘Kolya’, loosely based on General Petro Grigorenko, is a broken man from young who is given ample pages of respite by Wright from the horrors of war, secret police and political turmoil.
Love and camaraderie struggles to drag him through this sticky and disgusting mud of history, but ultimately his gradual dissent towards the very being of the Party, helped along by the heroic Commander Rokossosvsky multiple times, leaves the novel in many ways where it started: the father longing for his childrens generation to do better than he. Regardless, several moments of descriptions of the beauty of the utterly still and shimmering Russian farmlands stick out: Wright has created a beautiful blend of history, drama and moral philosophy here.
A gripping tale emulating the brutal life of 21st century Russia: seeding through the undulating hope and trauma, hope and trauma, of life under Kerensky, the Bolsheviks, Lenin, Trotsky and finally Stalin. Our protagonist ‘Kolya’, loosely based on General Petro Grigorenko, is a broken man from young who is given ample pages of respite by Wright from the horrors of war, secret police and political turmoil.
Love and camaraderie struggles to drag him through this sticky and disgusting mud of history, but ultimately his gradual dissent towards the very being of the Party, helped along by the heroic Commander Rokossosvsky multiple times, leaves the novel in many ways where it started: the father longing for his childrens generation to do better than he. Regardless, several moments of descriptions of the beauty of the utterly still and shimmering Russian farmlands stick out: Wright has created a beautiful blend of history, drama and moral philosophy here.
November 27, 2022
As a previous reviewer mentioned, the cover of this book would lead one to expect a sweeping romance, but instead it is a gripping novel dealing with the history of Russia in the 20th century. The characters are well written and their journey one that is instantly engaging. You will learn more than you might like about about Russian brutality too.
May 26, 2022
Excellent historical fiction. If you're interested in the tumultuous first half of the 20th century for Russia, you'll most likely enjoy this.
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