Book Thirty Eight
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spooky_missBook Thirty Eight - Blood Red, Snow White by Marcus Sedgewick
This book was fantastic! I love most books about Russia anyway, but this one was especially good. It was the fictionalised story of Arthur Ransome (the author of Swallows and Amazons) 's time in Russia in the early 20th Century. He was there as a reporter when the Russian Revolution really started, from about 1914. He became friendly with the leaders of the revolution - and married Trotsky's secretary in the end - and this book describes how he managed to live there, and how he got out of Russia in the end, with the secretary. The writing is just excellent, you really feel like you're there, and the style is really good. I think this is a book for teenagers, but I didn't realise that when I bought it, and it was only when I looked it up on the internet that I realised it was. I think its similar in style to The Book Thief, which could be either a adult or children's book. I'm definately going to get more of Marcus Sedgewick's books, I think he's written one about the Trenches in the First World War as well, so hopefully that's as good as this one. Recommended for anyone who likes Russia, history, or just really good evocative writing! :) 10 / 10
This book was fantastic! I love most books about Russia anyway, but this one was especially good. It was the fictionalised story of Arthur Ransome (the author of Swallows and Amazons) 's time in Russia in the early 20th Century. He was there as a reporter when the Russian Revolution really started, from about 1914. He became friendly with the leaders of the revolution - and married Trotsky's secretary in the end - and this book describes how he managed to live there, and how he got out of Russia in the end, with the secretary. The writing is just excellent, you really feel like you're there, and the style is really good. I think this is a book for teenagers, but I didn't realise that when I bought it, and it was only when I looked it up on the internet that I realised it was. I think its similar in style to The Book Thief, which could be either a adult or children's book. I'm definately going to get more of Marcus Sedgewick's books, I think he's written one about the Trenches in the First World War as well, so hopefully that's as good as this one. Recommended for anyone who likes Russia, history, or just really good evocative writing! :) 10 / 10
