The Courilof affair

Irène Némirovsky

Original title: L'affaire Courilof

first published 1933 Grasset, 1990 paperback 288 pages

Les Cahiers Rouges

In 1903, Leon M - a devout terrorist - is given the responsibility of 'liquidating' Valerian Alexandrovitch Courilof, the notoriously brutal and cold-blooded Russian Minister of Education, by the Revolutionary Committee. The assassination, he is told, must take place in public and be in most grandiose manner possible in order to strike the imagination of the people. Posing as his newly appointed personal physician, L...

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El caso Kurílov edition · 2010 · Salamandra · 9788498382730
The Courilof affair edition · 2008 · Vintage · 172 pages · 9780099493983
Der Fall Kurilow edition · 2006 · btb · 190 pages · 9783442736140
L'Affaire Courilof paperback · 2005 · French & European Pubns · 9780828823630
L'affaire Courilof edition · 2005 · B. Grasset · 179 pages · 9782246225737
L'affaire Courilof paperback · 1990 · Grasset · 288 pages · 9782246225720

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