The Tolstoys: Twenty-Four Generations Of Russian History 1353-1983
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few family sagas span the full sweep of a nation's soul, but The Tolstoys: Twenty-Four Generations of Russian History 1353–1983 achieves precisely that — a monumental chronicle of one of Russia's most illustrious dynasties across more than six centuries of triumph, tragedy, and transformation. Nikolai Tolstoy traces the family's origins from the medieval courts of the Tsars through the revolutionary upheaval of the twentieth century, weaving individual lives into the grand tapestry of Russian civilisation, from the brutal intrigues of Ivan the Terrible to the terror of the Soviet state. Rich in historical detail and biographical intimacy, this work illustrates how a single bloodline can serve as a prism through which an entire nation's history is refracted. Nikolai Tolstoy — himself a descendant — writes with both scholarly authority and personal passion, lending the narrative a rare authenticity that distinguishes it from conventional dynastic histories. The result is a portrait not merely of a family, but of Russia itself, and the reader is left wondering what secrets the next generation might yet reveal.
Author: Nikolai Tolstoy
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Hamish Hamilton
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few family sagas span the full sweep of a nation's soul, but The Tolstoys: Twenty-Four Generations of Russian History 1353–1983 achieves precisely that — a monumental chronicle of one of Russia's most illustrious dynasties across more than six centuries of triumph, tragedy, and transformation. Nikolai Tolstoy traces the family's origins from the medieval courts of the Tsars through the revolutionary upheaval of the twentieth century, weaving individual lives into the grand tapestry of Russian civilisation, from the brutal intrigues of Ivan the Terrible to the terror of the Soviet state. Rich in historical detail and biographical intimacy, this work illustrates how a single bloodline can serve as a prism through which an entire nation's history is refracted. Nikolai Tolstoy — himself a descendant — writes with both scholarly authority and personal passion, lending the narrative a rare authenticity that distinguishes it from conventional dynastic histories. The result is a portrait not merely of a family, but of Russia itself, and the reader is left wondering what secrets the next generation might yet reveal.