Bantam, 1988. Hard Cover. First Printing. 8vo - over 9" Tall. 467pp.Black Half Cloth boards are clean. Dust Jacket shows a few small surface scratches, edge-wear with a few small tears on the top edges. Interior has a small neat,former owners signature, otherwise clean and bright.The binding is tight

Five years of research makes this an historically accurate novel of a revolutionist who returns to Russia from exile on the eve of the October Revolution to offer his life for the ideal of freedom..and lives through the bloody birth of the Soviet Union to see the dream betrayed and to confront Stalin for becoming a tyrant..the story of Alexander Til, his life and love for Princess Yusupova and Russia. Bantam, 1988