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The weeping and the laughter

Noel Barber (1988)

SubgenreContemporary Romance
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
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SettingContemporary
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ViolenceNot rated
Sexual contentModerate
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This story describes the dramatic lives of Prince Dmitri Korolev and his family caught up in the upheavals of European revolution and war.They flee Russia in 1919, escape to Switzerland and then Paris, but, with the Second World War, they come under further pressure from the Communist police.The author worked for many years in Paris as a foreign correspondent and has written several novels including "Tanamera", "A Farewell to France", "A Woman of Cairo" and "The Other Side of Paradise".