(Hardback)

Translated into English for the first time, this is a portrait of the Baroness Budberg, who was intimately involved in the Lockhart affair--a conspiracy which almost brought down the fledgling Soviet state--and also a mistress to Maxim Gorky and then to H.G. Wells. B&W photos.

(Paperback)

The first English translation of celebrated Russian writer Nina Berberova's debut novel: an intense story of family conflict.