Blood Red, Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick - first published 2007
Written for young adults and set at the time of the Russian Revolution, this novel is a fictionalised account of the time that the author Arthur Ransome spent in Russia as a journalist/spy. He falls in love with Evgenia, Trotsky's secretary, whom he later married. As things become more and more dangerous for them in Russia, Arthur and Evgenia have to flee the country. Some of the book is told in the form of a fairy tale, which I wasn't that keen on. 6/10
14th April 2010
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