The Courilof affair
By: Irène Némirovsky ; translated from the French by Sandra Smith
Contributors: Smith, Sandra, 1949-
Edition: Vintage Canada ed.
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780676979671
Subjects: Legislators; Fiction; Physicians; Assassins; Historical fiction; History
Description: In 1903 Lǒn M - a devout terrorist - is given the responsibility by the Revolutionary Committee of publicly "liquidating" Valerian Alexandrovitch Courilof, a notoriously brutal and cold-blooded minister. Posing as his newly appointed personal physician, Lǒn M is made privy to the inner world of Courilof - his failing health, his troubled domestic situation and, most importantly, the tyrannical grip that the Czar himself holds over all his ministers, forcing them to obey him or suffer the most deadly punishments.
Notes: Translation of: L'affaire Courilof.