📖

The Man from St. Petersburg

Follett, Ken
Buy on Amazon Kindle
historical fiction political thriller past tense third limited POV ~446 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense oppressive bleak

A historical fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 80
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 70%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count111,591
Page count~446 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

Similar Books

Lies of Silence
Moore
contemporary fiction · political thriller
less explicit slower paced
90% similar
Day of Judgment
Jack Higgins
thriller · political thriller
less romance less explicit
89% similar
A Night Divided
Jennifer A. Nielsen
historical fiction · political thriller
less explicit less romance
88% similar
Foul Lady Fortune
Chloe Gong
historical fiction · political thriller
richer world less explicit
86% similar
When She Returned
Lucinda Berry
thriller · psychological thriller / cult horror
less romance slower paced
85% similar