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|title=The Black Russian

|sort=Black Russian, The

|publisher=Head of Zeus

|date=May 2013

|website=http://www.valexandrov.com/

|summary=A biography of the Mississippi-born entrepreneur who found a new life as an entrepreneur in Russia and Turkey during and immediately after the First World War.

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Until I read this book I had never come across the story of Frederick Bruce Thomas, 'the Black Russian', before. It is a remarkable tale of rags to riches, tragedy, success against the odds and subsequent failure.