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Sashenka
- Narrated by: Tuppence Middleton
- Length: 19 hrs and 36 mins
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Summary
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Sashenka by Simon Sebag Montefiore, read by Tuppence Middleton.
Winter, 1916: in St Petersburg, Russia, on the brink of revolution. Outside the Smolny Institute for Noble Young Ladies, an English governess is waiting for her young charge to be released from school. But so are the Tsar's secret police....
Beautiful and headstrong, Sashenka Zeitlin is just 16. As her mother parties with Rasputin and her dissolute friends, Sashenka slips into the frozen night to play her part in a dangerous game of conspiracy and seduction.
Twenty years on, Sashenka has a powerful husband with whom she has two children. Around her, people are disappearing, but her own family is safe. But she's about to embark on a forbidden love affair which will have devastating consequences.
Sashenka's story lies hidden for half a century, until a young historian goes deep into Stalin's private archives and uncovers a heartbreaking tale of passion and betrayal, savage cruelty and unexpected heroism - and one woman forced to make an unbearable choice.
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- HH
- 26-05-24
Sweep of Russian/Soviet history
A good read/listen. The story and characters were interesting and I liked the span of history covered. The narrator was engaging and I would have given five stars for performance if it were not for the mis-pronunciations which I found rather distracting. Didn't anyone review it before publication? The writing was fine, but there were a few repetitive descriptions. Overall worth a listen though.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Golden girl
- 07-01-18
Sashenka
A truly wonderful novel, which just cries out to be listed to again. A literary masterpiece
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- Anonymous User
- 31-05-19
Incredible.
It took me a little time to warm to this title. However, by part 2 I was completely hooked. The intricacy of storytelling is just sublime.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-07-23
Wonderful
Great writing, narrative and performance. Although historical, also sadly aspects very current given the current Russian regime.
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- Seayeaitch
- 21-08-18
Superb
Beautifully written and presented, Tuppence Middleton provides a superb delivery to the ongoing world of Stalin and the various intrigues and stories that SImon Sebag Montefiore has written, be sure to read the others in this compilation.
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- Geraldine Darlington
- 03-02-18
Interesting story
I felt the story interesting and fairly well written, however I found the multiple mispronunciations by the narrator rather irritating.
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- stephen sale
- 30-09-22
inspirational
loved it
held my attention for hours could not put it down
fantastic narration beautifully read
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- AM
- 08-04-18
Painful
What made the experience of listening to Sashenka the most enjoyable?
It's a great, sweeping story, wonderful characters, epic feel.
What didn’t you like about Tuppence Middleton’s performance?
She has a really lovely voice but she mispronounced every single Russian word in the book including the protagonist's NAME. Every line had an agonising mispronunciation in it (and there were quite a few English ones she misread too). She did appalling Russian accents for everyone, making terrifying scenes simply ludicrous. It was embarrassing to listen.
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- Priscilla
- 20-05-18
A true gem
A simply phenomenal book where the story and performance powerfully transport the listener to another world that feels at once distant yet disturbingly real.
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- Ian Leander
- 29-03-19
excellent
I loved it. I didn't want it to end. it is another excellent read from Simon
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