6/27/2023 0 Comments A gentleman in moscow reviewSet against the tumultuous (and terrifying) political climate of 20th-century Russia: dictators, diplomats, and spies all waltz through the ever-revolving doors of the Metropol. He is threatened with execution should he ever step foot out of the hotel. He is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat and sentenced to life imprisonment in the luxury Metropol hotel in Moscow by the Bolsheviks who swept into power after the Russian revolution. It’s the story of Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov “member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt”. Ostensibly a book about a man who lives in a hotel it is so much more than that. One of the very best books I’ve read in the last few years, ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ exceeded all my expectations. In light of the current situation we all find ourselves living in, I don’t think there’s a better book I could feature for the site’s first book review.
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