Publisher's Synopsis
Set at the time of the Russian revolution (for clarity, the second one, not the first). Anything, to grab me as either a plot, or a central thread, or even a connection really as to what this book was about. Divided into three sections, the book follows many lives intertwined by different arrivals in Petrograd, Russia, and a family already living there. There is vague mention of a 'monster sighting' beneath a frozen river. there is political intrigue. . . there is a love story. . . and there is the revolution. But sadly, none of these themes ever emerges victorious over the others in captivating a reader's interest.Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 - 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. A best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, his works have been neglected since his death.
