The first full biography of the fearless and brilliant Maria Yudina, a legendary pianist who was central to Russian intellectual life
“Playing with Fire is a ground-breaking work—a phenomenal biography of a towering human spirit of everlasting...
London, 1947: it's freezing winter in the shabby, bomb-damaged city. Young socialite Dinah Wentworth, a bright, innocent newcomer to the Fitzrovia scene, becomes embroiled in a dark scandal when she discovers the corpse of surrealist artist Titus...
Which side are you on? This is a novel about spies, lies and unearthing the truth. Summer 1951. The Cold War is at its height. Burgess and Maclean have just disappeared, and the nation is obsessed with the story of their probable defection. Colin...