"When, in 1922, [Count Alexander Rostov] is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, [he's] sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel's doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him a doorway into a much larger world of emotional ...
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"When, in 1922, [Count Alexander Rostov] is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, [he's] sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel's doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him a doorway into a much larger world of emotional discovery"--
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Add this copy of Gentleman in Moscow to cart. $49.95, good condition, Sold by gehlbh rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Deltona, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Books on Tape.
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Good. Ex library audio book. May include library pocket, stickers, stamps, markings, or evidence that these have been removed. Cds have some wear. Ships from Florida. Satisfaction guaranteed.
This is I believe my favorite book of all time. It has a wonderful main character in the Count. No matter what problem arises, you know things will work out because he is involved. Lovely characters in that hotel in Moscow.
Do read it!
sarah knutson
Nov 4, 2018
Shaping a life in cramped circumstances
Long, leisurely days with an elegant man--from luscious meals to the challenge of raising a daughter, to the beauty of a city off-limits. Intrigue and pleasure.
