White Blood Audiobook

Quotes

• “A historical novel with the right kind of hero: virile, ruthless, adventurous.”

  — Independent (London)

• “[A] meticulously researched act of reconstruction…The narrative, the dialogue and the intensity of Doig’s emotions drive the story to a savage climax that reads like a modern thriller. It is the best sort of historical novel.”

  — Spectator (London)

• “I’m grateful to Fleming for reminding me just how exciting a good novel can be.”

  — Publishing News 

• “Moving and gripping…Fleming captures the contradictions of the period and the rich flavours of elegance and terror compellingly. This is a tense, thrilling, and at times darkly comic novel with a complex central character who, in the best passages, bursts off the page.”

  — Time Out London

• “Crackling, flamboyant…funny, sad, and magical.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Charlie Doig…is an unforgettable character…From the first chapters showcasing lusty encounters to the closing chapters ablaze with the Russian Revolution’s gore, this work is energetic, lavishly expressive, and a great read. That it also pulses with historic accuracy is a reader’s bonus.”

  — Library Journal

• “Suspenseful…richly told…moving from the wildly entertaining travelogue that opens the tale to the cat-and-mouse game among the snowbound to an out-and-out thriller as Charlie witnesses firsthand the horror of Bolsheviks ‘forging a new kind of hell.’”

  — Booklist