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Posting to St Petersburg

by Jeffrey Reid

258 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #05-1410; ISBN 1-4120-6499-6; US$20.50, C$23.58, EUR15.98, £10.60

An historical novel set in the 18th Century, Posting to St Petersburg tells the story of David, Lord Mountforte, who is appointed to the position of First Secretary at the British Embassy in St. Petersburg.

About the Book

Lord David Mountforte is appointed First Secretary to the British Ambassador at the Court of Catherine the Great, St. Petersburg. Young, personable and rich, David finds himself quickly embraced and invited into the fashionable and wealthy Russian Society. This historical novel, set in the late eighteenth century finds David embroiled in gambling, kidnapping and murder amongst the glamorous Aristocratic lives of some of Russia's oldest families. Glamour, tragedy, power and love creates a powerful fervid thriller.

About the Author

Born in New Zealand, Jeffery Reid has been a Sharebroker, a Chairman of publicity listed Mining Companies, a Cattle Breeder and in retirement has become a writer.

Other titles by this author available from Trafford Publishing:
The Inheritance
The Journey