Letters From Russia
$74.52
- Paperback
672 pages
- Release Date
14 September 2006
Summary
Letters From Russia: A Marquis’s Prophetic Account
The Marquis de Custine’s record of his trip to Russia in 1839 is a brilliantly perceptive, even prophetic, account of one of the world’s most fascinating and troubled countries. It is also a wonderful piece of travel writing.
Custine, who met with people in all walks of life, including the Czar himself, offers vivid descriptions of St. Petersburg and Moscow, of life at court and on the street, and of the impoverished Russian…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780940322813 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0940322811 |
| Series: | New York Review Books Classics |
| Author: | Anka Muhlstein, Astolphe De Custine |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Imprint: | NYRB Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 672 |
| Edition: | Main |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2006 |
| Weight: | 665g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 128mm x 35mm |
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About The Author
Anka Muhlstein
Astolphe de Custine (1790-1857) was born at the onset of the French Revolution and died under the Second Empire. His father was guillotined and he and his mother barely survived the Terror. A poet and novelist of slight repute, Custine gained recognition with the publication of the travel books Spain under Ferdinand VII and Letters from Russia, an enduring analysis of the roots and character of Russian despotism.
Anka Muhlstein was born in Paris in 1935. She settled in New York in 1974 where she began her career as a writer in French. She was awarded the Goncourt Prize in 1996 for her biography of Custine, and has twice received the History Prize of the French Academy.
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