ISBN: 9780099527930    Publisher: Random House Year of publishing: 2009     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 432        Language: English

When historian Fluke Kelso learns of the existence of a secret notebook belonging to Josef Stalin he is determined to track it down, whatever the consequences. From the violent political intrigue and decadence of modern Moscow he heads north - to the vast forests surrounding the White Sea port of Archangel, and a terrifying encounter with Russia's unburied past.
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Robert Harris is the author of 'Fatherland', 'Enigma', 'Archangel', 'Pompeii', 'Imperium' and 'The Ghost', all of which were international bestsellers. His latest novel, 'Lustrum, 'has just been published. His work has been translated into thirty-seven languages. After graduating with a degree in English from Cambridge University, he worked as a reporter for the BBC's 'Panorama' and 'Newsnight' programmes, before becoming political editor of the 'Observer' and subsequently a columnist on the 'Sunday Times' and the' Daily Telegraph'. The film of 'The Ghost' - for which he co-wrote the screenplay - directed by Roman Polanski and starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan is due to be released at the beginning of 2010. He is married to Gill Hornby and they live with their four children in a village near Hungerford.
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