Sashenka

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Montefiore, Sebag.

Sashenka / Simon Montefiore.

p. cm.

1. Soviet Union—History—Fiction. 2. Women historians—Fiction. 3. Family secrets—Fiction.

I. Title.

PR6069.E194S37 2008

823'.914—dc22     2008017849

ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-0984-7

ISBN-10: 1-4391-0984-2

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