Politics Stories

The story follows the Companions of Jehu, a secret royalist brotherhood modeled on real-life counter-revolutionary groups.

A mysterious prisoner held in the Bastille, forced to wear an iron mask to conceal his identity.

The novel follows a respected English writer living in rural Essex who views the outbreak of war with optimism.

In a czarist city of spies and informers, a timid student is coerced into betraying a fiery revolutionary and then driven abroad to face the exiles who trusted him. Torn between cowardice, guilt, and a desperate need to be understood, he stumbles through plots, interrogations, and doomed love, seeking a truth that may destroy him.