Posted by on Jun 18, 2021

I was asked to contribute my choices to a page which recommends books on different topics. Mine was the history and culture of Russia, a subject that inspired at least three of my novels.

It was a hard choice. There are far too many wonderful books to choose from, so in the end I followed my own fascinations: Catherine the Great and her court, the fall of Catherine’s Russia, Russian Ballet, literature, music.

Here is the result:

The Best Books on Russia’s History and Culture.