The Man from St. Petersburg

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historical thriller novel novel

The Man from St. Petersburg is a historical thriller novel by Ken Follett set on the eve of World War I, involving espionage, political intrigue, and an anarchist plot in Edwardian England.

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The Man from St. Petersburg canonical 2
The Man from St. Petersburg (1989 television miniseries) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical thriller novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptationCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
adaptationFormat television miniseries ⓘ
author Ken Follett ⓘ
centralConflict an anarchist plot to assassinate a Russian envoy ⓘ
centralTheme anarchism ⓘ
assassination plot ⓘ
class conflict ⓘ
espionage ⓘ
family secrets ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coverArtist unknown ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
political thriller ⓘ
spy fiction ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Man from St. Petersburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Man from St. Petersburg (1989 television miniseries)
hasISBN 978-0-688-00911-0 ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Feliks ⓘ
Lord Stephen Walden ⓘ
Lydia Walden ⓘ
Prince Alexei ⓘ
Princess Charlotte ⓘ
hasPageCount approximately 300 pages ⓘ
hasSettingContext Edwardian political and social milieu ⓘ
hasTargetAudience adult readers ⓘ
hasWorkType standalone novel ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature ⓘ
literaryStyle fast-paced thriller prose ⓘ
marketedAs bestselling thriller ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor blend of historical events with fictional characters ⓘ
depiction of pre–World War I diplomacy ⓘ
partOf Ken Follett bibliography ⓘ
plotElement attempt to secure a military alliance against Germany ⓘ
negotiations between Britain and Russia before World War I ⓘ
publicationDate 1982 ⓘ
publisher Pan Books ⓘ
William Morrow and Company ⓘ
setInPlace Edwardian era ⓘ
surface form: Edwardian England

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
setInTimePeriod 1914 ⓘ
eve of World War I ⓘ

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Ken Follett → notableWork → The Man from St. Petersburg ⓘ
The Key to Rebecca → followedBy → The Man from St. Petersburg ⓘ
The Man from St. Petersburg → hasAdaptation → The Man from St. Petersburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Man from St. Petersburg (1989 television miniseries)