About this title: The appearance of Pushkin's The History of Pugachev was greeted with suspicion and hostility by Nicholas I, who had restricted Pushkin's access to the records of the Pugachev Rebellion and who insisted on censoring the book before publication. The Tsar insisted that Pushkin change the title from The History of Pugachev to The History of the ...
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very good. Publishers Overstock. A Very Good copy with a Remainder Mark and wear to the extremities. Buy with confidence from an Independent Bookstore where the owners, a husband and wife team, have over 30 years of combined bookselling experience. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Phoenix Press, London
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781842124185ISBN:1842124188
Description: Fine. A clean, crisp copy. 154 pp. Translated by Earl Sampson. Introduction by Orlando Figes. "Written by Russia's greatest poet, this fact-based tale of an illiterate Don Cossack who nearly succeeded in deposing Catherine the Great was greeted with hostility by Czar Nicholas I, who insisted on censoring it. Pushkin did fieldwork and research that would be the envy of any historian, and then fashioned it into a powerful literary narrative of uprising and rebellion. The first English ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Phoenix Press, London
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781842124185ISBN:1842124188
Description: Fine. A clean, crisp copy. 154 pp. Translated by Earl Sampson. Introduction by Orlando Figes. "Written by Russia's greatest poet, this fact-based tale of an illiterate Don Cossack who nearly succeeded in deposing Catherine the Great was greeted with hostility by Czar Nicholas I, who insisted on censoring it. Pushkin did fieldwork and research that would be the envy of any historian, and then fashioned it into a powerful literary narrative of uprising and rebellion. The first English ... read more
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. New! Gift Quality. Text in English, Russian. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 160 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PHOENIX PRESS
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781842124185ISBN:1842124188
Description: Published by PHOENIX PRESS in 2001, 154 pages, paperback, medium size, internally good. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
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