{"product_id":"nora-john-the-russian-love-story-paperback","title":"Nora \u0026 John: The Russian Love Story. (A spy story book) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNora Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"Narrative that is direct, candid, unpretentious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCold War Best Seller Autobiography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Full True Story of Joseph Stalin's young 'mozho', spy, Nora Murray\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young cold war 'mozho' girl's best seller autobiography. Nora became that spy when Joseph Stalin's brutal secret police wrecked her privileged childhood, making her homeless with the loss of friends, mother and then father. Utterly alone, good times in the Ukraine over and made to consort with British diplomats, she fell in love amidst Nazi Germany's WWII invasion of Moscow and her struggle to catch up and escape together, inexplicably sanctioned by Stalin's wife, on the last boat out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA member of a highly privileged caste in Soviet society... reduced to a 'mozho' girl mixing with foreigners, with instructions to report on them... the real story is in the simple, graphic and almost entirely persuasive account of her observations - some amusing and others horribly or pitifully gruesome.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the unforgiving WWII climate of 1940, 21-year old Nora is faced with a perilous ultimatum: Enlist with Stalin's secret police as a honey trap, or face the death of her family. Despairingly she agrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNora finds herself struggling to seduce her target, John Murray, a British Embassy cypher in Moscow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs two disparate lives intertwine, their desperate escape leads the couple through frozen Arctic wastelands, clutching forged papers and hopes not just for survival but for a future together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-------------\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003espy story book; war survivor; cold war spy; war spy; soviet drama; war drama; stalin regime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 402\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48130048262392,"sku":"9781912031672","price":28.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/Fj3-8mqdhD9781912031672.webp?v=1783359565","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/nora-john-the-russian-love-story-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}