Eastern Europe
I, Vera: The dangerous life of a radical princess
Princess Vera Giedroytz was a towering, sweet-faced lesbian Princess who habitually wore a man’s suit, played billiards with brilliance, and regularly performed true medical miracles of surgery, while on occasion forcibly ejecting an inquisitive Rasputin from her operating theatre by throwing him down the stairs.
Parallel Lives: A Love Story from a Lost Continent
This is the simplest tale in the world. Two people meet and fall in love. But the route which brought Larissa Salmina and Francis Haskell to a backstreet Venetian restaurant in 1962 was anything but straightforward.
Life Is Rosi: Grandma, Me and Our Diaries at 23
A fresh, funny family history following the lives of comedian Jess Robinson and her German Jewish grandmother Rosi
The Oak and The Larch: A Forest History of Russia and its Empires
Russia has more trees than there are stars in our galaxy, and the forest lies at the heart of this vast nation’s history and culture.
Collins Classics – White Nights: & Other Stories (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
Battle of the Arctic: The Maritime Epic of World War Two
WINSTON CHURCHILL called it ‘the worst journey in the world’. But was even this telling quote, describing the nightmarish torment experienced while transporting military aid to northern Russia during World War Two, an understatement?
Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, From Revolution to Autocracy
Award-winning journalist Julia Ioffe tells the story of modern Russia through the history of its women, from revolution to utopia to autocracy.
From Crimea with Love: Misadventures in the Making of Sharpe’s Rifles
‘A revealing account of the tricky reality behind TV’s glamorous image’ Daily Mail
The Mad and the Brave: The Untold Story of Ukraine’s Foreign Legion
‘Elegant and terrifying, the story of those who gave up life in the West for Ukraine’s frontlines – some to save democracy, some to save themselves. A modern-day Homage to Catalonia – and Fight Club on steroids.’ – Oliver Poole, London Standard
Paul Chavasse series – The Keys of Hell (Paul Chavasse series, Book 3)
Super-spy Paul Chavasse – British Intelligence’s most maverick agent – is embroiled in an deadly double-cross, in this new revised edition of Jack Higgins’ classic spy thriller.