BillMc
12-17-2012, 01:04 AM
Hi friends (Sorry for the double post, I just posted this in the Club forum, but LJ suggested I post in here as well since there is a strong political current to this book.)
As I am a fairly regular on Spur Talk, I thought that some of you might be interested to know that my debut novel, Lenin's Harem, has been published in North America. (The international edition comes out on May 8th). This has been an eight year project leaving my home in the States, and living in Latvia, Estonia and Russia to write the book. (Along with a year studying writing in Manchester, UK). The book is being released by Knox Robinson Publishing, a small traditional British publisher.
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In simplest terms, the novel is about a young aristocrat swept up in the turmoil of World War I who finds himself a member of the elite Latvian Red Riflemen of the Russian Revolution (a group nicknamed "Lenin's Harem", nothing to do with a real harem by the way.) The aristocrat tries to survives the wars and class genocides of the times, adapting despite himself, and finally finding friendship with his fellow soldiers, love with a communist girl, only to face Stalin's purges in the 1930's. It is also, in many ways, the tragedy of the birth and death of the first Latvian State.
The novel has received very good reviews and endorsements from several well-known authors, historians, and the former dean of the CIA's Intelligence School called it "Enthralling" (as you can see on the cover.) I have a very good review coming out soon in the Providence Journal. I will be reading from the book at the Latvian Embassy to the United States in Washington D.C. on January, 23rd.
So, for those of you who might want to read a gripping story in the vein of Dr. Zhivago or All Quiet on the Western Front (about the land of Dāvis Bertāns, no less) I'd love to hear your opinions.
The books is available in hardback on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Lenins-Harem-William-Burton-McCormick/dp/190848344X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1355717733&sr=8-1&keywords=Lenin%27s+Harem)
(http://www.amazon.com/Lenins-Harem-William-Burton-McCormick/dp/190848344X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1355717733&sr=8-1&keywords=Lenin%27s+Harem)
And Amazon Kindle. (http://www.amazon.com/Lenins-Harem-ebook/dp/B00AJ9Q37Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1355717733&sr=8-2&keywords=Lenin%27s+Harem)
And for an epub file (fairly universal ebook) just order directly from my publisher. Change the format from hardback to ebook (http://www.knoxrobinsonpublishing.co...roducts_id=120).
For more information check out my Author Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/William-Burton-McCormick/365316520150776#!/pages/William-Burton-McCormick/365316520150776)
Many thanks (and I apologize for the slightly sales-ish nature of this post!)
Best, Bill
As I am a fairly regular on Spur Talk, I thought that some of you might be interested to know that my debut novel, Lenin's Harem, has been published in North America. (The international edition comes out on May 8th). This has been an eight year project leaving my home in the States, and living in Latvia, Estonia and Russia to write the book. (Along with a year studying writing in Manchester, UK). The book is being released by Knox Robinson Publishing, a small traditional British publisher.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/399204_567188996630193_1284849885_n.jpg
In simplest terms, the novel is about a young aristocrat swept up in the turmoil of World War I who finds himself a member of the elite Latvian Red Riflemen of the Russian Revolution (a group nicknamed "Lenin's Harem", nothing to do with a real harem by the way.) The aristocrat tries to survives the wars and class genocides of the times, adapting despite himself, and finally finding friendship with his fellow soldiers, love with a communist girl, only to face Stalin's purges in the 1930's. It is also, in many ways, the tragedy of the birth and death of the first Latvian State.
The novel has received very good reviews and endorsements from several well-known authors, historians, and the former dean of the CIA's Intelligence School called it "Enthralling" (as you can see on the cover.) I have a very good review coming out soon in the Providence Journal. I will be reading from the book at the Latvian Embassy to the United States in Washington D.C. on January, 23rd.
So, for those of you who might want to read a gripping story in the vein of Dr. Zhivago or All Quiet on the Western Front (about the land of Dāvis Bertāns, no less) I'd love to hear your opinions.
The books is available in hardback on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Lenins-Harem-William-Burton-McCormick/dp/190848344X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1355717733&sr=8-1&keywords=Lenin%27s+Harem)
(http://www.amazon.com/Lenins-Harem-William-Burton-McCormick/dp/190848344X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1355717733&sr=8-1&keywords=Lenin%27s+Harem)
And Amazon Kindle. (http://www.amazon.com/Lenins-Harem-ebook/dp/B00AJ9Q37Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1355717733&sr=8-2&keywords=Lenin%27s+Harem)
And for an epub file (fairly universal ebook) just order directly from my publisher. Change the format from hardback to ebook (http://www.knoxrobinsonpublishing.co...roducts_id=120).
For more information check out my Author Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/William-Burton-McCormick/365316520150776#!/pages/William-Burton-McCormick/365316520150776)
Many thanks (and I apologize for the slightly sales-ish nature of this post!)
Best, Bill