{"product_id":"9780099490661","title":"The White Guard by Mikhail Bulgakov","description":"Discover Mikhail Bugakov's classic literary love letter to the city of Kyiv.   Drawing closely on Bulgakov's personal experiences of the horrors of civil war as a young doctor, The White Guard takes place in Kyiv, 1918, a time of turmoil and suffocating uncertainty as the Bolsheviks, Socialists and Germans fight for control of the city. It tells the story of the Turbins, a once-wealthy Russian family, as they are forced to come to terms with revolution and a new regime.   Bulgakov's first novel, The White Guard is one of the greatest works of twentieth century Russian literature. As epic a chronicle of life and death in the Russian Empire as War and Peace.   'The tumultuous atmosphere of the Ukrainian revolution and civil war is brilliantly evoked' Daily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201392050354,"sku":"9780099490661","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/products\/9780099490661_1e40bb75-e7dd-485e-8351-ba02c8993d05.jpg?v=1698859061","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780099490661","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}