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Sell Us the Rope
- Author
- Stephen May
- Narrator
- Saul Reichlin
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 24 March 2022
- Run Time
- 7 hours 20 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Electrically-imagined, immersive and compulsively readable, Sell Us the Rope hums with the visceral energy of revolutionary fervour - Liz Jensen
Original, adept and confident... What can I say, except that I wish I had written it myself - Hilary Mantel
A fascinating and immersive imagining of real events that both challenges and illuminates history. - Benjamin Myers
Boldly conceived, precisely imagined, beautifully written. - Michael Stewart
Stephen May’s writing is convincing and engaging in this brilliant tale of revolutionary shenanigans in London. - Suzanne Joinson
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Details
- Author
- Stephen May
- Narrator
- Saul Reichlin
- Duration
- 7 hours 20 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 March 2022
- ISBN
- 9781004072132
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
Synopsis
Revolutionary, poet, lover. Robber, murderer, spy. May 1907 and a young Stalin is in London for a conference of Russian communists. With Lenin, Trotsky, and Rosa Luxemburg among others he battles to keep the party radical, while dodging the attentions of the Czar’s secret police. He also finds himself drawn to a fiery Finnish activist, Elli Vuokko, beginning a relationship that is as dangerous as it is complicated.Electrically-imagined, immersive and compulsively readable, Sell Us the Rope hums with the visceral energy of revolutionary fervour - Liz JensenOriginal, adept and confident... What can I say, except that I wish I had written it myself - Hilary MantelA fascinating and immersive imagining of real events that both challenges and illuminates history. - Benjamin MyersBoldly conceived, precisely imagined, beautifully written. - Michael StewartStephen May’s writing is convincing and engaging in this brilliant tale of revolutionary shenanigans in London. - Suzanne Joinson
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