 |  | | | Sofka Zinovieff | 6 February 2007 | | |
Sofka Dolgorouky’s life echoed the social and political upheavals of the twentieth century. Born into Tsarist Russian high society, she went on to become a dedicated member of the British Communist Party.
When Sofka handed her war-time diary to her grand-daughter Sofka Zinovieff, it set in motion a trail of discovery about her grandmother's bohemian and sexually liberated lifestyle, her internment in a Nazi concentration camp, and a secret store of MI5 files about her.
Jenni meets Sofka Zinovieff, to reflect on her grandmother’s tumultuous life.
Red Princess by Sofka Zinovieff is published by Granta Books on 15 Feb. ISBN 978-1-86207-919-9 | |
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