{"product_id":"nora-john-nora-murray-9781912031672","title":"Nora \u0026 John: The Russian Love Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT: \u003c\/strong\u003eNarrative that is direct, candid, unpretentious. A member of a highly privileged caste in Soviet society... reduced to a 'mozho' girl mixing with foreigners, with instructions to report on them... the real story is in the simple, graphic and almost entirely persuasive account of her observations - some amusing and others horribly or pitifully gruesome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the unforgiving WWII climate of 1940, 21-year old Nora is faced with a perilous ultimatum: Enlist with Stalin's secret police as a honey trap, or face the death of her family. Despairingly she agrees. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNora finds herself struggling to seduce her target, John Murray, a British Embassy cypher in Moscow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs two disparate lives intertwine, their desperate escape leads the couple through frozen Arctic wastelands, clutching forged papers and hopes not just for survival but for a future together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nora Murray, John Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912031671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912031672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e GB Publishing Org\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.89d","brand":"Nora Murray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125550117119,"sku":"9781912031672","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b2033a9e-ba42-4617-960f-b45b36706abd.jpg?v=1687443260","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nora-john-nora-murray-9781912031672","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}