Travelling Towards Chekhov: Diaries of an English Actress is the remarkable memoir of Caroline Blakiston, the award-winning English actress best known internationally for her role as Mon Mothma in Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi, as well as roles in numerous classic British television series including Poldark, Brass, Midsomer Murders, The Avengers, and Miss Marple. She has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.

The book focuses on Caroline's adventures in Russia at a pivotal moment in its recent cultural history, when it was beginning to open up to the West and allow cross-cultural communication. Her account of this period is not only a whirlwind tour and exhilarating exploration of Russia, at an incredibly exciting moment in its history, but also an exuberant memoir by one of this country's leading actresses.