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Penguin Classics Letters From Russia
Astolphe de Custine
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| #2528292 in Books | 2014-07-29 | 2014-07-29 | Format: International Edition | Original language:French | 7.80 x.73 x5.10l,.80 | File type: PDF | 272 pages||8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| Amazingly prescient take on the Russians 175 years ago. Governments change, peoples not so quickly.|By Graham H. Seibert|Governments come and go, but the nature of a people is far more enduring. Custine, on the basis of an amazingly brief trip to Russia, and without knowledge of the language, was able to capture the character of the Russian people with remarkable accuracy. A|About the Author|Astolphe Louis Leonor, Marquis de Custine, was born in 1790. Both his grandfather and father were executed during the Terror. Raised by his remarkable mother, Custine became a diplomat and attended the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Custine's homo
The Marquis de Custine's unique perspective on a vast, fascinating country in the grip of oppressive tyranny In 1839, encouraged by his friend Balzac, Custine set out to explore Russia. His impressions turned into what is perhaps the greatest and most influential of all books about Russia under the Tsars. Rich in anecdotes as much about the court of Tsar Nicholas as the streets of St Petersburg, Custine is as brilliant writing about the Kremlin as he is about the grea...
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