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This sweeping history traces the French Riviera from its geological formation through the Belle Époque, the Roaring Twenties, and both world wars to the present day. Given Miles’s writing style and geographical detail, Simon Winchester is a good read-alike author.
The importance and the epic scale of St. Petersburg comes across vividly in this work. For all readers who enjoy Russian history combined with a rich overview of the arts.
Despite a somewhat implausible denouement (which links the storylines in a spectacular fashion), the novel stuns with a remarkable array of characters that will get readers thinking about "stuff" and what excess remains. [See Prepub Alert, 5/20/13.]
This look at a person who lived dangerously through some of the last century's most tumultuous times is recommended to serious readers in historical espionage studies, alongside books on spies such as Alger Hiss and Kim Philby.