The lives of three families are vividly chronicled in this novel that details 40 years during the Cold War and its aftermath. The experiences of each family--one British, one Hungarian, and one Russian--reflect the brutality, danger, bravery, heartbreak, hope, and disappointment during the days when the world was divided by the Iron Curtain. The book builds on confidential Communist Party documents released by President Yeltsin to Soviet dissident...