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- Release Title
- St. Petersburg
- Artist
- Jonathan Miles
- CD Grading
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- EAN
- 9781643131566
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- St. Petersburg
- Inlay Condition
- Mint
- ISBN
- 9781643131566
- Publication Name
- St. Petersburg
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- Type
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- Book Title
- St. Petersburg
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.8in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Russia & the Former Soviet Union, General
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 24.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 560 Pages
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Established in 1703 by the sheer will of its charismatic founder, the homicidal megalomaniac Peter the Great, St. Petersburg's dazzling yet unhinged reputation was quickly cemented by the sadistic dominion of its early rulers. This city, in its successive incarnations--St. Petersburg, Petrograd, Leningrad and, once again, St. Petersburg--has always been a place of perpetual contradiction.It was a window to Europe and the Enlightenment, but so much of Russia's unique glory was also created here: its literature, music, dance, and, for a time, its political vision. It gave birth to the artistic genius of Pushkin and Dostoyevsky, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, Pavlova and Nureyev. Yet, for all its glittering palaces, fairytale balls and enchanting gardens, the blood of thousands has been spilt on its snow-filled streets.It has been a hotbed of war and revolution, a place of siege and starvation, and the crucible for Lenin and Stalin's power-hungry brutality. In St. Petersburg, Jonathan Miles recreates the drama of three hundred years in this paradoxical and brilliant city, bringing us up to the present day, when its fate hangs in the balance once more.
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
ISBN-10
1643131567
ISBN-13
9781643131566
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21038389035
Product Key Features
Book Title
St. Petersburg
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Russia & the Former Soviet Union, General
Publication Year
2019
Genre
History
Number of Pages
560 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
24.2 Oz
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A fascinating and rich history. The importance and the epic scale of St. Petersburg comes across vividly in this work. For all readers who enjoy Russian history combined with a rich overview of the arts., A brilliant history. So fluent, so textured is Jonathan Miles's ease with prose and argument that his vivid dissection of three hundred years of St Petersburg's history should be devoured in captive sittings. This is a storyteller entranced with his subject, who makes its brilliant portrayal look deliriously easy., Lively and entertaining biography. Full of sparkling storytelling and well drawn characters. A delight., Miles' history has a substantial foundation, but what makes it special is the sheer inescapable momentum of his prose, powered by the captivating intensity of his attachment to his subject. His overwhelming concatenation of fact, observation and opinion is a dazzling history of a dazzling city over centuries of physical and political challenge., Of all cities St. Petersburg is most like a novel. Conceived in the mind of a Tsar like a writer might give birth to a book, it has never ceased to be relentlessly dramatic, as if being like a novel is its destiny. Miles tells the tale magnificently., Miles's spellbinding account of this magnificent yet tragic city reflects the passions, triumphs, and colossal failures of Russia itself. Thoroughly documented and illustrated, this is an eloquently written tribute to a legendary city., Jonathan Miles's cinematic telling shows how the drama, the absurdity, the splendor and the squalor of the imperial capital all found their way into Russia's finest novels, operas and paintings. In this compelling account of St Petersburg's turbulent history, Miles peels back the layers of myth in which the city is swaddled, while never losing sight of its haunting grace., An Expansive Portrait of the Calamity-Laden Urban Center of European Russia. Vigorous and Readable., This extraordinary book brings to life an astonishing place. Beautiful prose renders it brutally vivid, [with] delightful style and an acute sense of absurdity., To walk the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia, on a clear evening during the white nights of June is one of the world's more sublime urban experiences. The Paris-based cultural historian Jonathan Miles has set out to write a sweeping account of a metropolis whose tumultuous, bloody past and dazzling cultural heritage mirror that of Russia as a whole. Miles has conducted extensive research . . . most notably [on] the rich architectural and artistic legacy of a city that was home to such luminaries as Gogol, Dostoyevsky, Shostakovich and Nureyev. Miles dishes up the A-to-Z of St. Petersburg's history: The brutal, westward-looking Peter the Great; the succession of rulers, whose stable of European architects created St. Petersburg's handsome neoclassical facade; the sorrows of a city that spawned the Russian Revolution and endured the 900-day German siege during World War II; and the trials of Soviet-era Leningrad, which gave us its native son, Vladimir Putin, now dragging St. Petersburg and Russia halfway back to their authoritarian past., A fresh mix of fascinating contrasts and diverse perspectives. More than just a retelling of historical facts.
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