I should have known! All the wonderful reviews meant I HAD to read this book. I found it an okay read, the Count was charming, pretentious of course, after all he IS a Count. He was convicted by the Bolsheviks as an unrepentant aristocrat and ordered to spend the rest of his life at the Metropole Hotel. His friends were the staff and visitors. I did love the 8 year old Nina as they formed a beautiful friendship.
However, there was no action, nothing exciting ever happened, and I was bored. I wanted more history of the Bolsheviks and less fable. The book dragged for me and the convoluted language didn't help. I love history and there just wasn't enough there during the time of the Russian Revolution. (less)
However, there was no action, nothing exciting ever happened, and I was bored. I wanted more history of the Bolsheviks and less fable. The book dragged for me and the convoluted language didn't help. I love history and there just wasn't enough there during the time of the Russian Revolution. (less)
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