A psychological thriller by the pioneering German writer Ricarda Huch. A novel of letters from the last century - but one with an astonishingly modern feel. Now for the first time in English.Russia at the beginning of the 20th century. To counter student unrest, the governor of St Petersburg closes the state university. Soon afterwards he arrives at his summer residence with his family and receives a death threat. His worried wife employs a young bodyguard, Lju, to protect her husband. Little does she know that Lju sides with the students - and the students are plotting an assassination.
Publisher: Peirene Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781908670342
'She is the First Lady of Germany. No, she is probably the First Lady of Europe.' THOMAS MANN; 'The very model of the stylish female troublemaker...a social revolutionary in the deepest sense.' CLIVE JAMES
Yegor van Rasimkara, the governor of St Petersburg closes the university and imprisons some radical students. He receives death threats and as a result his wife Lusinya hires a bodyguard, Lyu to protect him whilst his... More
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