The Betrayal

by HelenDunmore (Author)

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  Paperback
  2011

  $3.40

  The Betrayal is the sequel to Helen Dunmore's hugely successful historical novel The Siege , set in Stalin's Russia. Leningrad, 1952. Andrei, a young hospital doctor and Anna, a nursery school teacher, are forging a life together in the post-war, post-siege wreckage. But their happiness is precarious, like that of millions of Russians who must avoid the claws of Stalin's merciless Ministry for State security. So when Andrei is asked to treat the seriously ill child of a senior secret police officer, he and Anna are fearful. Trapped in an impossible, maybe unwinnable game, can they avoid the whispers and watchful eyes of those who will say or do anything to save themselves? The Betrayal is a powerful and touching novel of ordinary people in the grip of a terrible and sinister regime, and a moving portrait of a love that will not be extinguished. Beautifully crafted, gripping, moving, enlightening. Sure to be one of the best historical novels of the year . ( Time Out ). Scrupulous, pitch-perfect. With heart-pounding force, Dunmore builds up a double narrative of suspense . ( Sunday Times ). Magnificent, brave, tender ...with a unique gift for immersing the reader in the taste, smell and fear of a story . ( Independent on Sunday ). Novelist and poet Helen Dunmore has achieved great critical acclaim since publishing her first adult novel, the McKitterick Prize winning, Zennor in Darkness . Her novels, Counting the Stars , Your Blue-Eyed Boy , With Your Crooked Heart , Burning Bright , House of Orphans , Mourning Ruby , A Spell of Winter , and Talking to the Dead , and her collection of short stories Love of Fat Men are all published by Penguin. Helen also writes for children, her titles include The Deep and Ingo .

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $3.25

  Leningrad in 1952 is a city recovering from war, where Andrei, a young hospital doctor and Anna, a nursery school teacher, are forging a life together. Summers at the dacha, preparations for the hospital ball, work and the care of sixteen year old Kolya fill their minds. They try hard to avoid coming to the attention of the authorities, but even so their private happiness is precarious. Stalin is still in power, and the Ministry for State Security has new targets in its sights. When Andrei has to treat the seriously ill child of a senior secret police officer, Volkov, he finds himself and his family caught in an impossible game of life and death - for in a land ruled by whispers and watchfulness, betrayal can come from those closest to you. A gripping and deeply moving portrait of life in post-war Soviet Russia, The Betrayal brilliantly shows the epic struggle of ordinary people to survive in a time of violence and terror.

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  Paperback
  2011

  $11.54

  The Betrayal is the sequel to Helen Dunmore's hugely successful historical novel The Siege , set in Stalin's Russia. Leningrad, 1952. Andrei, a young hospital doctor and Anna, a nursery school teacher, are forging a life together in the post-war, post-siege wreckage. But their happiness is precarious, like that of millions of Russians who must avoid the claws of Stalin's merciless Ministry for State security. So when Andrei is asked to treat the seriously ill child of a senior secret police officer, he and Anna are fearful. Trapped in an impossible, maybe unwinnable game, can they avoid the whispers and watchful eyes of those who will say or do anything to save themselves? The Betrayal is a powerful and touching novel of ordinary people in the grip of a terrible and sinister regime, and a moving portrait of a love that will not be extinguished. Beautifully crafted, gripping, moving, enlightening. Sure to be one of the best historical novels of the year . ( Time Out ). Scrupulous, pitch-perfect. With heart-pounding force, Dunmore builds up a double narrative of suspense . ( Sunday Times ). Magnificent, brave, tender ...with a unique gift for immersing the reader in the taste, smell and fear of a story . ( Independent on Sunday ). Novelist and poet Helen Dunmore has achieved great critical acclaim since publishing her first adult novel, the McKitterick Prize winning, Zennor in Darkness . Her novels, Counting the Stars , Your Blue-Eyed Boy , With Your Crooked Heart , Burning Bright , House of Orphans , Mourning Ruby , A Spell of Winter , and Talking to the Dead , and her collection of short stories Love of Fat Men are all published by Penguin. Helen also writes for children, her titles include The Deep and Ingo .