A novel based on Doderer's own experience as one of the thousands of Austrian World-War I prisoners-of-war trapped east of the Ural Mountains by the Russian civil War. Pawns of incalculable violence and cruelty -- as well as indulgence -- some will eventually manage to make their way back to Austria.
Language
English
Pages
194
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Ariadne Press (CA)
Release
June 01, 1998
ISBN
1572410612
ISBN 13
9781572410619
The Secret of the Empire: A Novel of the Russian Civil War
A novel based on Doderer's own experience as one of the thousands of Austrian World-War I prisoners-of-war trapped east of the Ural Mountains by the Russian civil War. Pawns of incalculable violence and cruelty -- as well as indulgence -- some will eventually manage to make their way back to Austria.