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![]() | White Blood (2006) (The first book in the Charlie Doig series) A novel by James Fleming |
The son of an English father and Russian mother, Charlie Doig is a big man - big in stature and big in spirit. A naturalist, he roughs it around the world collecting birds and insects for museums. In 1914 he's on a mission for the Academy of Scientists in Russian Turkestan when war breaks out. His pay is stopped and his companion goes off to enlist. Doig, however, has no intention of volunteering to be killed. He returns to the Pink House, his family's home near Smolensk, and to the woman he loves, his cousin Elizaveta. At first the Pink House remains almost untouched by outside events, and the familiar ways continue as before. But imperial Russia is doomed and with it all the old certainties. When Elizaveta's fiance is assassinated, Charlie fulfils his greatest wish and himself takes her as his bride. The very next morning he finds two men, soldiers by the look of them, approaching the house through the falling snow. Against all his instincts, he gives them shelter. What follows is almost unbearable in its tension. Trapped by the snow with Doig and his new wife are a motley collection of old aristocrats, their servants and hangers-on - and the two soldiers, one of whom, Prokhor Glebov, Doig is convinced is a Bolshevik out to destroy them all. Beautifully written, by turns savage and tender, this compelling novel confirms James Fleming as one of the very best novelists we have.
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Hardback Editions
January 2007 : Hardback
| Title: White Blood Author(s): James Fleming ISBN: 0-7432-9938-8 / 978-0-7432-9938-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Atria Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2006 : Hardback
| Title: White Blood Author(s): James Fleming ISBN: 0-224-07799-6 / 978-0-224-07799-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
1914 : Hardback
| Title: White Blood Author(s): James Fleming Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER @ TRADE Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
September 2008 : Paperback
| Title: White Blood: A Novel Author(s): James Fleming ISBN: 0-7432-9940-X / 978-0-7432-9940-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Washington Square Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2007 : Paperback
| Title: White Blood Author(s): James Fleming ISBN: 0-09-949708-5 / 978-0-09-949708-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
2007 : Paperback
| Title: White Blood [Large Print] Author(s): James Fleming ISBN: 1-4074-0538-1 / 978-1-4074-0538-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Clipper Large Print Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
January 2006 : Paperback
| Title: WHITE BLOOD Author(s): James Fleming Publisher: Atria Books, NY Availability: Amazon More details... |
Audio Editions
April 2007 : MP3 CD
| Title: White Blood Author(s): James Fleming ISBN: 1-4332-0223-9 / 978-1-4332-0223-0 Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2007 : Audio CD
| Title: White Blood Author(s): James Fleming ISBN: 1-4332-0222-0 / 978-1-4332-0222-3 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2007 : Audio Cassette
| Title: White Blood (Library Edition) Author(s): James Fleming ISBN: 1-4332-0221-2 / 978-1-4332-0221-6 Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
June 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: White Blood Author(s): James Fleming Publisher: PricklyChin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
December 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: White Blood Author(s): James Fleming Publisher: Vintage Digital Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
January 2007 : Kindle edition
| Title: White Blood Author(s): James Fleming Publisher: Atria Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
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