St. Petersburg (1905) is a historical novel written by Eugen Zabel that is set in the Russian city of St. Petersburg in the year 1905. The book revolves around the lives of several characters who are caught up in the political and social turmoil that is sweeping across Russia at the time. The main character is a young German journalist named Hans von Lohenthal, who has come to St. Petersburg to cover the events of the Russian Revolution. As he becomes...