Smith, D: The Russian Job
Smith, D: The Russian Job
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Former People
Winner of the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize
'A fascinating window onto a lost generation' Amanda Foreman
'Brilliant' Rachel Polonsky, Evening Standard
'[An] excellent history . . . a sobering tale of the complexities of revolution, told with clarity and sympathy' Lesley McDowell, Independent
Rasputin
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
'Brilliantly written, meticulously researched' Robert K. Massie, author of Nicholas and Alexandra
'The definitive new biography' Anne Applebaum, Harper's Magazine
'Definitive . . . brilliantly gripping' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard
Douglas Smith is an award-winning historian and translator and the author of Rasputin and Former People, which was a bestseller in the UK. His books have been translated into a dozen languages. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he has written for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal and has appeared in documentaries with the BBC, National Geographic, and Netflix. Before becoming a historian, he worked for the U.S. State Department in the Soviet Union and as a Russian affairs analyst for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. He lives with his family in Seattle.