This is the true and striking story by a Jewish doctor of his struggle for survival when caught in 1939 between the evils of Nazi Germany and Stalin's Russia. After facing death from frontier patrols, a firing squad and torture, Urban arrives at a position of considerable power in Soviet society in a medical post. He risks his life again, fighting epidemics. These fascinating memoirs give a rare glimpse of the Soviet Union in wartime, particularly into the exotic life of the Moscow ???lite, where beautiful women, diplomats ...
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This is the true and striking story by a Jewish doctor of his struggle for survival when caught in 1939 between the evils of Nazi Germany and Stalin's Russia. After facing death from frontier patrols, a firing squad and torture, Urban arrives at a position of considerable power in Soviet society in a medical post. He risks his life again, fighting epidemics. These fascinating memoirs give a rare glimpse of the Soviet Union in wartime, particularly into the exotic life of the Moscow ???lite, where beautiful women, diplomats and spies mingled at parties, and sex was used as a method of recruiting agents. Compassionate to the sick, defiant to authority, Garri S. Urban courageously insisted on his own way, even in the face of death. He tells his remarkable tale as boldly as he lived it. "A most remarkable man . a most remarkable book" The Observer "Written with the narrative skill of a professional, this book became an international best seller." The Times
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Very Good. 1980. Hardcover. Very good in good dust wrapper. Scoring on ffep. Light foxing on DW, remains very good.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Good; Very Good Jacket. 1980 Weidenfeld and Nicolson. First Edition. First printing. "First published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld and Nicolson Limited." stated on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has beige textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. 292 pages. Printed in Great Britain. Front hinge a little pulled at the title page, but NOT at all cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Spine ends lightly bumped. Bottom corners bumped and rubbed. Pages clean and unmarked. Page edges lightly soiled. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Dust jacket has light surface and edge wear. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. First Edition. Includes dust jacket.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xii, 292. Original publisher's pale green cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Signed by the author on the half title page. ISBN: 0297777408 Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket.
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