But instead of his usual suite, he must now live in an attic room while Russia undergoes decades of tumultuous upheaval. On 21 June 1922, Count Alexander Rostov - recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt - is escorted out of the Kremlin, across Red Square and through the elegant revolving doors of the Hotel Metropol.ĭeemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count has been sentenced to house arrest indefinitely. shows that not all books about Russian aristocrats have to be full of doom and nihilism' - The Times, Books of the Year His second novel, A Gentleman in Moscow, which was on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list for 59 weeks, was a finalist for the 2016 Kirkus Prize for Fiction.
It's elegant, witty and delightful - much like the Count himself.' - Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year 'No historical novel this year was more witty, insightful or original ' - Sunday Times, Books of the Year During his spring break, Johnson Financial Group Portfolio Manager Brian Schaefer had the time to read A Gentleman in Moscow, which got him thinking about the how the current market moves could impact the American experiment. 'This novel is astonishing, uplifting and wise. OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD: a BBC Radio 4 Book Club choice, soon to be a major TV series starring Ewan McGregor
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