Böcker av R. C. Hutchinson

Stepan, a Russian aristocrat by birth and lorry driver by trade, has long believed his only child to be dead.

In 1940, they and hundreds of thousands of Poles are driven like cattle into the wastes of Siberia where they are forced to labor for the cause of 'democracy'. During the horrific journey from Siberia to the northern borders of Persia, Stephanie loses nearly all those she loves.

First published in 1933, The Unforgotten Prisoner brilliantly caught the tensions of its time, powerfully portraying the relationship between England and Germany in the years surrounding the First World War.

Sabino - the outcast member of a rich mine-owning family - is renowned for his arrogance and brutality. Leading his struggling army of half-starved men across the arid and treacherous landscape, Sabino also embarks on a journey of the soul.

Set in Russia at the time of the First World War, Testament is the story of a friendship between two men - the narrator, Alexei Ottravesko, a career soldier who has returned to the army after several years in exile in Siberia for political activities, and Anton Scheffler, a radical lawyer who has volunteered for wartime military service.