'An epic adventure story set against the most awful war in history.
Ridiculously good' Dan Snow 'The black earth was already baking and
the sun was just rising when they mounted their horses and rode
across the grasslands towards the horizon on fire ...' Imprisoned
in the Gulags for a crime he did not commit, Benya Golden joins a
penal battalion made up of Cossacks and convicts to fight the
Nazis. He enrols in the Russian cavalry, and on a hot summer day in
July 1942, he and his band of brothers are sent on a desperate
mission behind enemy lines. Switching between Benya's war in the
grasslands of Southern Russia, and Stalin's plans in the Kremlin,
between Benya's intense affair with an Italian nurse and a romance
between Stalin's daughter and a journalist also on the Eastern
Front, this is a sweeping story of passion, bravery and human
survival where personal betrayal is a constant companion, and death
just a heartbeat away. Praise for Red Sky at Noon 'Red Sky at Noon
is an epic adventure story set against the backdrop of the most
awful war in human history. The master historian shape-shifting
into the brilliant novelist. Ridiculously good'. Dan Snow 'Mythic
and murderous violence in Russia...there are power-drunk Nazis and
Soviet traitors, including a particularly memorable villain
...Written with brio & deep knowledge of its fascinating
subject matter... a deeply satisfying pageturner.' - Book of the
Month, The Times 'In this third volume of The Moscow Trilogy, the
fate of combatants and civilians is often harsh. With his feel for
vivid and immediate drama and impressive research, the author
evokes the extreme turbulence and violence impacting on
individuals. Writing with passion, Montefiore makes the point that,
up against the huge forces of war, the struggle for personal
resolution can be tragic - but never wasted.' - Daily Mail 'The
final instalment of Montefiore's loosely connected Moscow Trilogy:
amidst the killing and the chaos, a group of prisoners are offered
a chance of redemption on a secret mission behind enemy lines on
horseback. Montefiore has a keen sense of place and an eye of
unexpected details. Switching between the frontline on the Russian
steppes and Stalin in the Kremlin, this is an EXCITING FAST-PACED
ADVENTURE AND A LAMENT FOR LOVE IN DARK AND BRUTAL TIMES.' - Mail
on Sunday 'I devoured Red Sky at Noon. A heartstopping,
heartbreaking, technicolour epic. A grand homage to the Russian
masters Babel & Grossman, echoes of Hemingway & Dostoevsky,
and a propulsive delight that is entirely Montefiore's own.
Gripping storytelling allied with intimate, unsqueamish knowledge
of Russian history - a special combination.' - AD Miller, author of
Snowdrops 'The gripping final instalment of the Moscow Trilogy
tells of a man wrongly imprisoned in the Gulags and his fight for
redemption. Love in dark times, meticulously researched... In this
searing tale of love and war, most moving is the redemptive
relationship between a soldier and a nurse that blooms amid the
brutality. An homage to the author's favourite Russian writers and
the Western masterpieces of Larry McMurtry, Cormac McCarthy and
Elmore Leonard, such influences pervade this atmospheric tale told
in the author's distinct own voice.' - Observer
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