The Birds Fall Down (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Cicily Isabel Fairfield
- First Published: 1966
- Type of Work: Political and historical thriller
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: London, Paris, a French railway train, and a provincial French town
- Principal Characters: Laura Rowan, Count Nikolai Nikolaievitch Diakonov, Countess Sofia Andreievna Diakonova, Tania Rowan, Edward Rowan, Vassili Iulevitch Chubinov, Alexander Gregorievitch Kamensky, Gorin, Kaspar
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction, Political fiction, Suspense, Spy fiction
- Subjects: History, Power, personal or social, Politics, Revolutionaries, France or French people, Twentieth century, Exile or expatriates, Revolutions, Social issues, Mistaken or secret identity, Betrayal, Religion, Paris, 1910’s, Feminism, Adultery, Politicians, Assassination, Mysteries, London, Trains, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Espionage or spies, Russia or Russian people, Decision making, Fanaticism, Russian Revolution
- Locales: Paris, France, London, England
The Novel
The elderly Count Nikolai Nikolaievitch Diakonov, a senior minister in the Russian government, has been exiled for reasons he cannot fathom and is now living in gloomy splendor in a Paris apartment with his wife, Countess Sofia Andreievna Diakonova, and a retinue of Russian family retainers. He is so consumed with bitterness and bewilderment about the mysterious circumstances of his exile—Is he, he wonders, a victim of a conspiracy, or is he going mad?—that he hardly notices that Sofia is seriously ill.
At the opening of the book, the Count’s beautiful...
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