The Dream Life of Sukhanov by Olga Grushin Fans of A Gentleman in Moscow will appreciate the heart this novel brings to the table and the well-developed main character. Petersburg in 1917 and offers insight into Russia’s class through the Bolshevik Revolution. The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar takes place in St. The final days of Nicholas and Alexandra Romanov are crafted and told through the lens of Leonka, the Romanovs’ kitchen boy, who vows he is a witness to the royal family’s violent murders. You can find all of Amor Towles’s novels here! 20 Best Political Fiction Books Like A Gentleman in Moscow The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander His second novel, A Gentleman in Moscow, has been picked up for a television series starring Ewan McGregor. Towles lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children. An award-winning American novelist of several notable books, including Rules of Civility, The Lincoln Highway, and A Gentleman in Moscow, Towles specializes in writing moving characters in difficult time periods to explore the emotional journeys they experience among the politics of the setting. These similar 20 political and historical fiction books will transport you to a time and place full of moving characters and unique histories! About Amor TowlesĪmor Towles was born in Boston and received his MA in English from Stanford University.

With a strong sense of setting and insightful, inspiring prose, A Gentleman in Moscow showcases modern Russian history and its cruelty while keeping the heart of friendship and human connection. Alexander experiences and observes decades of key events in Russian history in the attic at the Hotel Metropol.

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