{"product_id":"9781526631763","title":"The Story of Russia: 'An excellent short study'","description":"Author: Figes, Orlando\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526631763\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Aug 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR- \u003ci\u003eSunday Times * Irish Times * Spectator * Financial Times * Telegraph * Aspects of History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'The history book you need if you want to understand modern Russia' \u003c\/b\u003eANNE APPLEBAUM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A magnificent, magisterial thousand year history of Russia . . . by one of the masters of Russian scholarship' \u003c\/b\u003eSIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA great historian at the peak of his powers' \u003c\/b\u003eWILLIAM DALRYMPLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'(An) excellent short study' \u003c\/b\u003eMAX HASTINGS, \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you really want to understand Putin's Russia today, anchored in its past of myths, then you simply have to read Figes's superb account\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003eANTONY BEEVOR\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eA lucid chronological journey that ably illustrates how narratives from the nation's past have been used to shape its autocratic present' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A valuable, instructive overview'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e-------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the great storyteller of Russia, a spellbinding account of the stories that have shaped the country's past     and how they can inform its present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNo other country has been so divided over its own past as Russia. None has changed its story so often. How the Russians came to tell their story, and to reinvent it as they went along, is a vital aspect of their history, their culture and beliefs. To understand what Russia's future holds     to grasp what Putin's regime means for Russia and the world     we need to unravel the ideas and meanings of that history.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Russia\u003c\/i\u003e, Orlando Figes brings into sharp relief the vibrant characters that comprise Russia's rich history, and whose stories remain so important in making sense of the world's largest nation today     from the crowning of sixteen-year-old Ivan the Terrible in a candlelit cathedral, to Catherine the Great, riding out in a green uniform to arrest her husband at his palace, to the bitter last days of the Romanovs.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written and based on a lifetime of scholarship, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Russia\u003c\/i\u003e is a major and definitive work from the great storyteller of Russian history- sweeping, suspenseful, masterful.\u003cbr\u003e-------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR ORLANDO FIGES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn outstanding historian and writer, he brings distant history so close that you could feel its heartbeat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKARL OVE KNAUSGAARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Figes knows more about Russia than any other historian'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAX HASTINGS, \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46629827641502,"sku":"UBD-9781526631763","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526631763.jpg?v=1774222472","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526631763","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}