Godfrey Blunden: 4 books

This is the story of lives under the constant scrutiny of the N.K.V.D. Here is a monumental novel that shows how the fantastic Communist will-to-power has led to the enslavement of the Russians themselves. Here are the intellectuals, factory workers, spies, soldiers, big-shot Communists,...

A brilliantly funny satire on modern diplomacy. The Far Eastern republic of Inevitable Khaos is at war with the repulic of Incredible Khaos and an international conference is gathering in a neutral European capital to discuss the problem. First on the scene come the security authorities wrangling...

A terrifying novel of the totalitarian mind in action. In the late fall of 1941 the Germans entered Kharkov, at that time capital of the Ukraine. Sixteen months later the Red Army drove them out. The Time of the Assassins concerns what happened in the city between these two historical events. A...

The story of the legendary Captain James Cook. It is 1768. War has broken out in Europe and the British Admiralty wants a base in the Western Pacific. So Captain James Cook and a company of nearly a hundred seamen and philosophers are despatched into those beautiful but perilous seas...