Historical Fiction
A Gentleman in Moscow
Sentenced to house arrest in a grand Moscow hotel in 1922, Count Rostov finds an entire world within its walls.
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Sentenced to house arrest in a grand Moscow hotel in 1922, Count Rostov finds an entire world within its walls.
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