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A pioneering history of medical care in Stalin’s Gulag—showing how doctors and nurses cared for inmates in appalling conditions

Da journalisten Anders Lindemann finder en pistol fra 2. Verdenskrig i sin afdøde morfars arbejdsværelse, beslutter han sig for at gå på jagt efter en glemt forfatters livshistorie. Vi følger Kelvin Lindemann fra starten af livet i Sibirien, hvorfra familien må flygte fra den russiske revolutions ødelæggelser. I Danmark iscenesætter den unge Kelvin Lindemann sig som en mediestjerne i jazztidens København og bliver en prisbelønnet forfatter. For at få inspiration drager han på farlige rejser ud i et Europa plaget af kaos, borgerkrig og nazismens fremmarch. Han kommer med i modstandsgruppen Holger Danske og må flygte fra den tyske besættelsesmagt efter et drabsforsøg. Men da han søger beskyttelse fra nazisterne, begynder hans glansfulde facade at krakelere. For Kelvin Lindemanns fortid gemmer på hemmeligheder og skyggesider, som hans fjender kan bruge imod ham. Udgivelsen er en storskrift-udgave til svagsynede i serien MAGNUMBØGER Lindhardt og Ringhof.

This is a book about love, life and death set in Russia, during Czar Nicholas the II's reign. It commences at the end of the 19th century with his father's burial and his subsequent inheritance of the Crown - with absolute power. His reign is underpinned by the strong love between him and his wife Alexandra and overshadowed by the presence of Rasputin. But his unwise decisions lead to chaos, including the Khadynka Tragedy, Bloody Sunday, 1905 revolution and the Czar's abdication. His family is imprisoned, first in Tobolsk and then in Ekaterinburg, and the story concludes with the communists obtaining power and executing the entire royal family. Become entangled in the tales of love, hate, conflict, sex, treachery, and murder between the characters. Dive into a horrifying historical moment from one hundred years ago and experience for yourself life at a crucial turning point in Russia's bloody history.