The Conductor |
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| Author:
| Quigley, Sarah |
| ISBN: | 978-1-86979-506-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2011 |
| Publisher: | Random House New Zealand
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $32.99 |
Book Description:
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In June 1941, Nazi troops march on Leningrad and surround it. Hitler's plan is to shell, bomb, and starve the city into submission. Most of the cultural elite are evacuated early in the siege, but Dmitri Shostakovich, the most famous composer in Russia, stays on to defend his city, digging ditches and fire-watching ...
In June 1941, Nazi troops march on Leningrad and surround it. Hitler's plan is to shell, bomb, and starve the city into submission. Most of the cultural elite are evacuated early in the siege, but Dmitri Shostakovich, the most famous composer in Russia, stays on to defend his city, digging ditches and fire-watching ...