To Kill a Tsar

After studying English at Oxford University, Andrew Williams worked as a senior producer for the BBC's Panorama and Newsnight programmes, then wrote and directed history documentaries. He is the author of two bestselling non-fiction books: The Battle of the Atlantic and D-Day to Berlin. His two acclaimed other novels The Interrogator, which was shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Silver Dagger Award, and The Poison Tide, are both published by John Murray. Andrew Williams lives with his family in Edinburgh. You can find out more about Andrew and his writing at www.andrewwilliams.tv and www.johnmurrays.co.uk, and you can follow him on twitter at @AWilliamsWriter or on Facebook

'Williams contrives an appealing blend of Doctor Zhivago, Conrad's Under Western Eyes and Boris Akunin's 19th-century crime fiction. His ability to bring a past world to life matches Furst's' -- John Dugdale, Sunday Times 'This is a dense, meaty affair which pulls off the trick of gripping the reader and bringing a complicated, alien world to life' -- Guardian 'He blends historical fact and fiction in a vivid recreation of the world of The Idiot and Crime and Punishment' -- The Times 'Elegantly serpentine plotting and finely etched characters confirm his place in the front rank of the new English thriller writers' -- Daily Mail 'A very accomplished novel which can be enjoyed as a gripping and moving thriller. Yet it is more than that, for it invites us to reflect on questions of morality, and on that age-old question of when, if ever, violent means may be held to justify worthy ends; whether, indeed, such ends can ever be achieved if the means are inescapably criminal' -- Allan Massie, Scotsman 'Exciting ... an important book for devotees of the spy story' -- Shots Magazine 'A gripping thriller set in a world of treachery' -- British Fantasy Society 'To Kill a Tsar ... had me biting my fingernails with the suspense' -- Andrew Roberts, Daily Telegraph 'Bravura story-telling... Andrew Williams is the real thing; a writer who can marry popular genres to the sophisticated treatments of political arguments' -- Independent 'Williams has done his homework and each setting rings true ... a well-constructed period thrilller ... you will get caught up in conspiracy and counter-plot' -- Shots magazine 'Sheer escapism ... To Kill a Tsar is a bold portrait of revolutionaries seeking to assassinate Tsar Alexander II in St Petersburg ... gripping authenticity' -- Oxford Mail 'Authentic, moving, though-provoking, gripping ... as good as historical thrillers get. Don't miss it' -- Beverley Guardian 'I was totally absorbed in this very gripping, sensational historical mystery, with a