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The Black Russian

By Vladimir Alexandrov

The Black Russian Art & Literature

The Black Russian

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The extraordinary story of Frederick Bruce Thomas, the son of former slaves who fled America to build a life in Tsarist Russia. 'A fascinating tale' Anne Applebaum 'Thoroughly enjoyable' Spectator 'Extraordinary and gripping' Adam Hochschild After the brutal death of his father when he was a teenager, Frederick Thomas fled the stifling racism of the American South and headed for New York City, where he worked as a valet and trained as a singer. Through charisma and cunning, Thomas emigrated to Europe, where his acquired skills as a multilingual maitre d'hôtel allowed him to travel from London to Monte Carlo before settling in Moscow in the glorious days before the 1917 Revolution. There Thomas became a rich and respected nightclub impresario, opening a lavish nightclub called Maxim. With evocative backdrops in Moscow and later in Odessa and Constantinople, where Thomas rebuilt his life after the revolution, The Black Russian is an inspiring story of personal reinvention set in one of history's richest periods.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2023-07-06
Publication Date:
2023-07-06
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
180454986X
ISBN13:
9781804549865
Weight:
241 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
191 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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