Petersburg

By Emily Hanlon

Book Overview

The most glittering city. The greatest love story. The passion and paradox of a time when lives were turned upside down by the powerful events surrounding them. Petersburg is a superlative,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399133747
• ISBN13: 9780399133749
• Release Date: August 1988
• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Length: 541 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 20.0" x 20.0" x 20.0"

Customer Reviews

You Will Live This Book

I have read this book three times, and each time find something new and wonderful in it. The complexity of the characters and the clarity of place and time make it very engrossing. The main characters remain strong as they evolve, bringing the reader along in their lives. From destitute villages to opulent palaces, Petersburg is entracing, enlightening and one of the best books I have read.

Outstanding

This is perhaps the best book I have ever read. It is a major accomplishment and I'm amazed that it hasn't received tons of literary awards. Hanlon's use of dialogue along with the flow and rhythm of the writing is just outstanding. Never before have I had such a clear sense of living in this historic time. Hopefully this book won't be lost in obscurity. It would make such an incredible movie.

A Total Must Read

I found this book a total thrill from start to finish and was totally gutted when it came to and end. I took myself there and lived the book, which had the most unpredictable story lines and characters you couldn't stop yourself loving or hating. I could almost feel the snow crunching beneath my feet. This novel had everything, i simply could not put it down. I can only hope and pray that one day it will make it to the big screens, it would be magnifcant.

Timeless passions...

They are a new social class in old Russia: the wealthy industrialists, who inhabit the glittering turn-of-the-century city of Petersburg. Torn between their loyalty to the Czar and their own peasant roots, they are about to ignite a revolution that will change the world forever... At the center of the tumult is Alexei Kalinin, a self-made railroad tycoon who is fighting to overthrow the monoarchy. Alexei is in love with Anna Orlov, a gifted young pianist whose connection to Alexei will thrust her into the bloody events as they unfold. Alexei's pacifist nephew Misha escapes his abusive father only to land in the middle of the violence. And Misha's tutor, the proud and sensuous Irina Rantzau, renounces her aristocratic background to stand up for her revolutionary ideas. Powerful passions catapult all four into a strange new world, where the sweep of history will force them to make grave choices-for their country and for themselves. from back of book.

Petersburg, a sweeping historical novel of love and betrayal

I found Petersburg to be a real pageturner. I was completely hooked by the plot, couldn't figure out what was coming next, fell totally in love with the characters whom I found breathtakinly real! I felt as if I was really in turn of the century Russia and as an afficionado of Russian history, I was impressed with the historical accuracy of the major events. The love stories were passionate and moving and the scenes of revolution bounced off the page. If you like historical fiction, this is a real winner.