To Kill a Tsar
A Novel
G. K. George
- An
- unusual
- Russian
- police
- detective
- must
- stop
- a
- plot
- to
- kill
- the
- tsar
- in
- this
- historical
- thriller.Eccentric
- and
- fiercely
- independent
- Inspector
- Vasiliev
- exposes
- a
- conspiracy
- by
- a
- high-ranking
- nobleman
- and
- a
- top
- official
- in
- the
- secret
- police
- to
- assassinate
- the
- tsar
- in
- late
- imperial
- Russia.
- He
- finds
- unexpected
- help
- from
- Irina,
- a
- member
- of
- the
- revolutionary
- underground,
- with
- whom
- he
- falls
- in
- love
- .
- .
- ."Unique
- among
- books
- about
- Russia
- written
- by
- western
- authors:
- being
- extremely
- rich
- in
- details
- it
- contains
- no
- factual
- errors
- at
- all.”
- —Alexei
- Miller,
- Senior
- Researcher
- in
- the
- Institute
- of
- Scientific
- Information
- in
- Humanities
- of
- the
- Russian
- Academy
- of
- Sciences
- in
- Moscow“In
- this
- masterful
- thriller,
- [G.K.
- George]
- meets
- us
- at
- the
- crossroads
- of
- history
- and
- literature.
- He
- deftly
- portrays
- the
- tensions
- and
- dynamics
- of
- life
- in
- Imperial
- Russia
- on
- the
- eve
- of
- the
- assassination
- of
- Tsar
- Alexander
- II
- in
- 1881,
- an
- event
- that
- set
- the
- stage
- for
- the
- Russian
- Revolution.
- In
- the
- process,
- the
- author
- creates
- unforgettable
- characters
- such
- as
- Inspector
- Vasili
- Vasiliev,
- the
- Swan,
- and
- the
- Magician.”
- —Ben
- Eklof,
- Professor
- of
- History,
- Indiana
- University“A
- true
- thriller,
- with
- all
- the
- delightful
- trimmings
- of
- a
- masterful
- historical
- narrative.
- Alfred
- Rieber
- (alias,
- G.K.
- George)
- lures
- you
- into
- the
- turbulent,
- terrorist
- times
- of
- Russia
- in
- the
- 1880s,
- from
- glittering
- balls
- in
- noble
- palaces
- to
- mystical
- forests
- in
- the
- foothills
- of
- the
- Ural
- Mountains.
- Erotic
- rituals
- of
- a
- religious
- sect
- called
- the
- Jumpers
- come
- frighteningly
- alive
- in
- this
- compelling
- narrative
- that
- is
- ethnographically
- and
- historically
- rich
- with
- plausible
- detail.”
- —Marjorie
- Mandelstam
- Balzer,
- Research
- Professor
- at
- the
- Center
- for
- Eurasian,
- Russian
- and
- East
- European
- Studies
- and
- in
- the
- Department
- of
- Sociology
- and
- Anthropology,
- Georgetown
- University“With
- his
- unsurpassed
- knowledge
- of
- Russian
- history,
- [G.K.
- George]
- brings
- the
- terrorist
- crisis
- of
- the
- late
- 1870s
- and
- early
- 1880s
- to
- life
- in
- this
- exciting
- historical
- thriller.
- To
- Kill
- a
- Tsar
- traces
- the
- conspiracy
- that
- led
- to
- the
- assassination
- of
- Tsar
- Alexander
- II
- in
- a
- plot
- filled
- with
- surprising
- twists
- and
- dramatic
- encounters
- between
- ardent
- young
- radicals
- and
- their
- adversaries
- from
- the
- security
- police.
- Along
- with
- compelling
- portraits
- of
- such
- real-life
- historical
- figures
- as
- the
- ill-fated
- Tsar,
- Rieber
- has
- created
- a
- complex
- and
- appealing
- hero,
- Inspector
- Vasiliev.
- Guided
- by
- the
- inspector,
- a
- master
- of
- disguise,
- and
- his
- faithful
- peasant
- sergeant,
- readers
- meet
- aristocrats
- and
- beggars
- and
- travel
- from
- high
- society
- salons
- to
- the
- slum
- hideouts
- of
- thieves
- and
- revolutionaries.
- .
- .
- .
- I
- recommend
- To
- Kill
- a
- Tsar
- to
- all
- readers
- who
- love
- action,
- intrigue,
- and
- vivid
- characters.”
- —Adele
- Lindenmeyr,
- Professor
- of
- History,
- Villanova University
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