The Tsar's dragons
By: Catrin Collier
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Magna; Tsar's dragons
Publisher: Magna
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 654
ISBN-13: 9780750541077
Subjects: Fiction; Industrialists; Illiterate persons; History
Description: Tsar Alexander II decided to drag Russia into the industrial age. He began by inviting Welsh businessman John Hughes to build an ironworks. A charismatic visionary, John persuades influential people to invest in his venture, while concealing his greatest secret - he couldn't even write his own name. John recruited adventurers prepared to sacrifice everything to ensure the success of Hughesovka (Donetsk, Ukraine). In a place where murderers, whores, and illicit love affairs flourish, The Tsar's Dragon is their story of a new beginning in Hughesovka, a town of opportunity.
Notes: Adult.