Jonathan Miles: St Petersburg: Three Centuries of Murderous Desire [2018] paperback Condition:New swim in clear water and

swim in clear water and go fishing for their dinner

Restall explores Cortes' and Montezuma's posthumous reputations

it seems like nothing will ever change

for a single night

Jonathan Miles: St Petersburg: Three Centuries of Murderous Desire [2018] paperback Condition:New swim in clear water and'This extraordinary book brings to life an astonishing place. Beautiful prose renders brutality vivid' The Times BOOK OF THE WEEK From Peter the Great to Putin, this is the unforgettable story of St Petersburg one of the most magical, menacing and influential cities in the world. St Petersburg has always felt like an impossible metropolis, risen from the freezing mists and flooded marshland of the River Neva on the western edge of Russia. It was a new