The Bronze Horseman Audiobook (Free)
- James Langton
- 30 h 43 min
- HarperAudio
- 2016-03-08
Summary:
The golden skies, the translucent twilight, the white nights, all hold the promise of youth, of love, of eternal renewal. The war has not however touched this town of fallen grandeur, or the lives of two sisters, Tatiana and Dasha Metanova, who talk about a single area within a cramped apartment with their sibling and parents. Their world is turned ugly when Hitler’s armies strike Russia and commence their unstoppable blitz to Leningrad.
Yet there is light in the darkness. Tatiana meets Alexander, a fearless young officer in the Red Army. Strong and self-confident, yet guarding a secret and troubled past, he is drawn to Tatiana-and she to him. Hunger, desperation, and fear soon grip their city during the awful winter from the merciless German siege. Tatiana and Alexander’s difficult like threatens to rip the Metanova family aside and expose the harmful secret Alexander so carefully protects-a top secret as damaging as the battle itself-as the fans are embroiled in the brutal tides which will change the globe and their lives forever.