The Last Summer
by Ricarda Huch, Jamie Bulloch
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Set in Germany
Female author
Description:
A psychological thriller by the pioneering German writer Ricarda Huch. A novel of letters from the last century – but one with an astonishingly modern feel. Now for the first time in English.
Russia at the beginning of the 20th century. To counter student unrest, the governor of St Petersburg closes the state university. Soon afterwards he arrives at his summer residence with his family and receives a death threat. His worried wife employs a young bodyguard, Lju, to protect her husband. Little does she know that Lju sides with the students – and the students are plotting an assassination
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Country:
Germany
Germany
Language:
EN
Genre:
Historical fiction Thriller
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