Winter Garden
Two sisters keep a deathbed promise: hear their cold mother's Russian fairy tale to the end, and find besieged Leningrad inside it.
2,983-word summary · 13 min read
historical fiction + russia
4 books tagged both “historical fiction” and “russia”.
Fall of Giants
Five families from Wales to Russia live through World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the fight for women's votes.
2,255-word summary · 10 min read
War and Peace
Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.
2,536-word summary · 11 min read
A Gentleman in Moscow
Count Rostov lives under house arrest in the Metropol and builds family from staff.
2,139-word summary · 10 min read