The Man From St Petersburg
- Author Ken Follett
- Narrator Richard Armitage
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Run Time 12 hours and 40 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Espionage and spy thriller, First World War fiction, Historical fiction.
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What to expect
Read by Richard Armitage (The Hobbit, Spooks)
The Man From St Petersburg is a dark tale of family secrets and political consequences. Ken Follett's masterful storytelling brings to life the danger of a world on the brink of war.
A Secret Negotiation
1914. Tensions are rising as Europe finds itself caught in a web of alliances and dangerous warmongering. To help tip the balance in their favour, Britain aims to draw Russia into an alliance with them instead of Germany. Czar Nicholas’s nephew, Prince Aleksei, is sent to London for secret naval talks with Lord Walden.
A Play for Power
Walden has a personal connection to Aleksei; his wife is Aleksei’s aunt. And they are not the only ones interested in the Russian's arrival; so too are Walden’s wilful, idealistic daughter, the head of Special Branch, and a ruthless Russian anarchist.
A World at War
With the British desperately needing a signed treaty and the fate of the world hanging in the balance, the destinies of these individuals become inextricably linked, as tragedy threatens to shatter the Waldens’ complacency . . .
Critics Review
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Ken Follett has done it once more . . . goes down with the ease and impact of a well-prepared martini
The New York Times Book Review -
Eerily plausible . . . one of Follett’s finest
Time
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