The Birds Fall Down by Rebecca West. 1st edition 1966. H/C with jacket. 428 pp.

Old Russia fades before the reader's eyes and New Russia comes up over the horizon.

Count Nikolai Diakonov, a magnificent man who even in old age dominates all who surround him, is living in exile in Paris. Throughout his life he has been loyal to the Tsar, yet the Tsar has been tricked into suspecting him of treason and has disgraced him. Who has done this to Count Nikolai, and why? On a train journey to the north of France with his half-English granddaughter, a shabby young Russian intellectual enters their compartment. What he has to tell them, transforms not only their fortunes, but their natures as well.

First published 1966 by Macmillan, London, Melbourne, Toronto. Condition: Good. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. Cover is sun-bleached and has some wear and tear at edges.