Highest Virtue

ISBN: 088279230X

Author: Stang, Alan

Condition: Used

"The Highest Virtue is a story of madness. It is a story of Russia during the Revolution, when people went mad with fear, with hate, with hunger and power- as the communists took over. It is the story of maria Danilova, the young ballerina spoiled by wealth, who is suddenly stripped of everything and must fight to survive. It is the story of the men who loved her; Michael, the bitter ex-convict, betrayed into servitude; Telegin, the master of opporunism and deception; Orloff, her uncle, torn between his promise to save her and his Cause. It is the story of the collapse of an Empire, of civil war, of conspiracy and riots, cowardice and heroism, teeming with characters in a style as big as Russia. But more than anything else, the Highest Virtue is the story of people who suffer brutality, betrayal, starvation and rape- and who nevertheless refuse to give up hope."