num_pages: 194
description: A novel based on Doderer's own experience as one of the thousands of Austrian World-War I prisoners-of-war trapped east of the Ural Mountains by the Russian civil War. Pawns of incalculable violence and cruelty -- as well as indulgence -- some will eventually manage to make their way back to Austria.
language: English
title: The Secret of the Empire: A Novel of the Russian Civil War.
titlecomplete: The Secret of the Empire: A Novel of the Russian Civil War. (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture and Thought : Translation Series)
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Ariadne Pr