Return to Moscow

Tony Kevin

Forty-eight years ago, a young and apprehensive Tony Kevin set off on his first diplomatic posting to Moscow at the height of the Cold War. In the Russian winter of 2016 he returns alone, a private citizen aged 73. What will he find? How has Russia changed since those grim Soviet days?

Tony Kevin had a successful and challenging diplomatic career, ending with ambassadorships to Poland (1991-94) and Cambodia (1994-97). He now applies his attention to Russia. Tony Kevin invites readers to see this great nation anew: to explore with him the complex roots of Russian national identity and values, drawing on its traumatic recent sevety-year Soviet Communist past and its momentous thousand-year history as a great Orthodox Christian nation that has both loved and feared 'the West,' and which the West has loved and feared back in equal measure. 

Praise for Return to Moscow:

 

A lyrical insight into Russia’s complex history and culture.

PAUL BARCLAY, RADIO NATIONAL BIG IDEAS

 

Anyone headed for Russia could follow Kevin’s itinerary, his book in hand, to his or her advantage.

NICK HORDERN, AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW

 

An optimistic and positive portrait.

STEVEN CARROLL, THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

 

To read this gentle and insightful book with clear eyes is a necessary and desirable exercise in open-mindedness. I recommend trying it.

JUDITH ARMSTRONG, THE AUSTRALIAN

 

Book details

PUBLICATION DATE: March 2017
FORMAT: Paperback
EXTENT: 332 pages
SIZE: 243 (h) x 153 (w) mm
ISBN: 9781742589299
RIGHTS: World rights
CATEGORY: General Non-fiction, Tony Kevin,