Inna Feldman has fled the pogroms of the south to take refuge with distant relatives in Russia's capital city. Welcomed into the flamboyant Leman family, she is apprenticed into their violin-making workshop. With her good looks and talent, she feels instantly at home in their bohemian circle. But revolution is in the air and, as society begins to fracture, she is forced to choose between her heart and her head.
To coincide with the release of Midnight, I am also republishing, in ebook format, my non-fiction book on the illegal caviar trade which grew up in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. It’s both a travelogue and a memoir of the friends I made while living in Russia and travelling in the south, near the Caspian Sea.
I’m doing an unadulterated year of fasting/feasting, the medieval 5:2 diet - to see if it brings the serene peace of mind and balance of body and soul that people in the Middle Ages strove for. Read more