Russia of the Tsars (History Files) - Softcover

Peter Waldron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500289298 ISBN 13: 9780500289297

Verlag: Thames & Hudson, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

144p paperback, illustrated cover, white lettering to spine, facsimile documents still sealed, an excellent copy, like new

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'It's not just that it's so attractively illustrated, or so profusely ... It's the number of arrestingly unfamiliar illustrations - including early examples of colour photography' - Scotsman 'Combines the high production values associated with Thames & Hudson with the impressive text to be expected from a leading specialist on the period' - The Historical Association

Reseña del editor

The History Files series presents the people, events and ideas that have shaped our world, through the lens of recent research. Each title covers a single topic and is illustrated with telling images from out-of-the-way sources and a collection of facsimile documents, bringing the past to life in an accessible yet authoritative format. Peter Waldron tells the stories of all the Russians, exploring the vast expanses of the empire and the lives of the rural peasants, describing the ways in which Russia took on, or rejected, Western influences, and recounting how the empire was built and maintained. He examines the great flowering of Russian art, literature and music, the pressures for and against reform, and finally the fall of the Tsarist regime in a cataclysm of violence. The facsimile documents bring the period alive, as do the poignant quotations taken from first-hand accounts, detailed box features and over 150 evocative images.

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• Verlag: Thames & Hudson
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0500289298
• ISBN 13: 9780500289297
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144