A Ring Has No End

Plot

The princely Kaivanov family in Russia were given their title in 1774 when Ataman Guchkor Kaivanov was involved in the bloodthirsty crushing of the Pugachev rebellion. The narrative follows the story of the family which revelled in power, luxury, cruelty and debauchery until they got their come-uppance in the Russian revolution of 1917. Cowering in attics, starved and in rags, living like animals, tortured, raped, murdered, the Kaivanovs of the twentieth century paid the price for the centuries of suffering their family had inflicted. -- (from the dust jacket).