{"product_id":"2026200007338-secondhand-the-marquis-de-custine-and-his-russia-in-1839","title":"The Marquis De Custine And His Russia In 1839","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterful work of historical and literary criticism, this study presents diplomat and scholar George F. Kennan's authoritative reassessment of the Marquis de Custine's landmark travel memoir, Russia in 1839. Kennan chronicles the life of the French aristocrat Astolphe de Custine, illuminating the personal experiences and political convictions that shaped his famously scathing portrait of Tsarist Russia under Nicholas I. With the measured precision of a seasoned statesman, Kennan argues that Custine's observations — long dismissed or celebrated in equal measure — remain a remarkably prescient diagnosis of Russian autocracy and its enduring psychological grip on both rulers and ruled. Drawing on his own unparalleled expertise as a Cold War architect and Russia scholar, Kennan illustrates the striking parallels between the despotic system Custine witnessed in the nineteenth century and the Soviet state of the twentieth, lending the analysis a weight that transcends mere literary biography. The result is an indispensable companion to one of history's most penetrating accounts of Russia, written by one of America's most distinguished foreign policy minds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887891624155,"sku":"2026200007338-SECONDHAND","price":70.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/fbe0e5d9-04a9-488d-956e-c3203f0761e0.png?v=1781748001","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200007338-secondhand-the-marquis-de-custine-and-his-russia-in-1839","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}