ABOUT THE AUTHOR
VANORA BENNETT studied Russian at Oxford University and in the USSR. She began her career as a journalist at Reuters and went on to serve as the Moscow correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, winning a U.S. Overseas Press Club award for her writing on Russia. She now lives in Britain and has won the Orwell Prize for political writing for her work at The Times (UK). She is the author of four previous novels, including Portrait of an Unknown Woman, and two works of nonfiction. You can sign up for email updates here.
ALSO BY VANORA BENNETT
FICTION
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Queen of Silks
Blood Royal
The People’s Queen
NONFICTION
Crying Wolf
The Taste of Dreams
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Part One: September–December 1911
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Part Two: 1916–17
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Part Three: 1918–19
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Afterword
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Also by Vanora Bennett
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Bennett, Vanora, 1962–
Midnight in St. Petersburg: a novel / Vanora Bennett.—1st U.S. ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-250-07943-5 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4668-9216-3 (e-book)
1. Young women—Russia (Federation)—Saint Petersburg—Fiction. 2. FICTION / Historical. 3. FICTION / Literary. 4. Saint Petersburg (Russia)—History—20th century—Fiction. I. Title.
PR6102.E666 M53 2016
823'.92—dc23
2015037438
e-ISBN 9781466892163
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First published in Great Britain by Century
First U.S. Edition: January 2016