Lana Kortchik grew up in two opposite corners of the Soviet Union \u2013 the Siberian town of Tomsk and the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv \u2013 before her family moved to Australia when she was a teenager. She was the winner of the Historical Novel Society Autumn 2012 Short Fiction competition and in 2019 her novel Sisters At War became a USA Today bestseller. Here are her picks of the best historical fiction.<\/p>\n
The Count of Monte Cristo<\/a> by Alexandre Dumas\u00a0<\/p>\n If you asked my 10-year-old self what the greatest book in the world was, I would not have hesitated. This made me fall in love with reading and 30 years later it is still my favourite book. This story has everything: love and betrayal, revenge and forgiveness.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/p>\n The Bronze Horseman<\/a> by Paullina Simons \u00a0<\/p>\n One of those rare books that stay with you forever. Simons depicts the blockade of Leningrad in all its harrowing detail. And yet, in the darkness, there is a glimmer of hope, a\u00a0love story that will capture your imagination and break your heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sign the petition<\/p>\n It\u2019s our call to Keir Starmer to pass a law to end poverty.<\/p>\n