The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad

Name: The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad
Author: Simon Parkin
ISBN: 9781399714556

by Simon Parkin

ISBN: 9781399714556

Published: 2024

History

FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2025 An Economist Book of the Year 'An astonishing story brilliantly told . . . It is as moving as it is gripping to read' Jonathan Dimbleby, author of Endgame 1944 'A richly researched and meticulously observed account of a little-explored corner of 20th-century history' Guardian 'A fantastically well-researched history of science and sacrifice saturated in drama' i WINNER OF THE CBHL LITERATURE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN HISTORY In the summer of 1941, German troops surrounded the Russian city of Leningrad - now St Petersburg - and began the longest blockade in recorded history. By the most conservative estimates, the siege would claim the lives of three-quarters of a million people. Most died of starvation. At the centre of the embattled city stood a converted palace that housed the greatest living plant library ever amassed - the world's first seed bank. After attempts to evacuate the collection failed, and as supplies dwindled,...

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