Rebecca West

The Birds Fall Down (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A "compelling ... oddly intriguing" psychological thriller set in fin-de-siècle Paris from the New York Times-bestselling author of Black Lamb and Grey Falcon ( The New York Times). During early revolutionary stirrings in Russia, after an unexpected turn of events, Laura Rowan, the coddled granddaughter of an exiled British nobleman, becomes her grandfather's sole companion on a fateful train ride. In France, a young revolutionary approaches Laura and her grandfather with information that will turn her world upside down, and their travels become a thrilling journey into the heart of the struggle against Tsarist Russia. In this suspenseful novel, West brings to life a battle between entitled imperials and the passionate, savvy communist revolutionaries who dare to face them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Road Media
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781453207147
• Artikelnr.: 37904554

Autorenporträt

Dame Rebecca West (1892-1983) is one of the most critically acclaimed and bestselling English novelists, journalists, and literary critics of the twentieth century. In her eleven novels, beginning with The Return of the Soldier, she delved into the psychological landscape of her characters and explored topics including feminism, socialism, love, betrayal, and identity. She was lauded for her wit and intellectual acuity, evident in her prolific journalistic works such as her coverage of the Nuremberg trials for the New Yorker, published as A Train of Powder, and Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, her epic study of Yugoslavia and its people. She had a child with H.G. Wells, but married banker Henry Maxwell Andrews later in life and continued writing until she died in London at age ninety.