The House by the Dvina
A Russian Childhood
$34.58
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2010
Summary
The House by the Dvina is the riveting story of two families separated in culture and geography but bound together by a Russian-Scottish marriage. It includes episodes as romantic and dramatic as any in fiction: the purchase by the author’s great-grandfather of a peasant girl with whom he had fallen in love; the desperate sledge journey in the depths of winter made by her grandmother to intercede with Tsar Aleksandr II for her husband; the extraordinary courtship of her parents; and her Scott…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845965730 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1845965736 |
| Author: | Eugenie Fraser |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Mainstream Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2010 |
| Weight: | 266g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 130mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
“Possesses a nostalgic picture postcard quality.”
An exceptionally moving and beautiful account * Sunday Telegraph *
There is no other autobiography quite like it * Contemporary Review *
Eugenie Fraser
Eugenie Fraser was born in Archangel to a Russian father and a Scottish mother. After the family fled to Scotland, she was brought up in Broughty Ferry and later spent most of her life in India with her husband. She died in Edinburgh in 2002.
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