Orlando Figes to give away royalties from next book
Historian promises he will donate to charity half his earnings from study of gulag internee's secret correspondence
Historian Orlando Figes has vowed to donate half of the takings from his next book to charity.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 16 August, 2011
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