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Fraser Grace began writing for the stage whilst working for Back-to-Back Theatre

The events described in this book are not only a stirring tale of courage and adventure but also only lift the lid on an episode that did much to sow distrust and precipitate events in World War Two and today

measured yet passionate account' Michael Ignatieff

The Last Empire by Serhii Plokhy alexander pushkin Pavlova combines rich narrative proseBY THE AUTHOR OF CHERNOBYL: HISTORY OF A TRAGEDY, WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2018, WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE RUSSIAN BOOK PRIZE 2015 On Christmas Day 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union. By the next day the USSR was officially no more and the USA had emerged as the world's sole superpower. Award winning historian Serhii Plokhy presents a page turning account of the preceding five months of drama, filled with