Shadow of the Winter Palace, The: Russia's Drift to Revolution 1825-1917.
Crankshaw, Edward.
Place Published: New York:
Publisher: Viking Press,
Date Published: 1976.
Description: 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. 429 pages including Notes on Sources, Bibliography, Chronological Table and Index. 38 pages of black and white maps, illustrations and photos. The book is in VERY GOOD condition with a small dent on the front right edge, lower corners are lightly dented, minor wear on lower edges, and FFEP top right corner is clipped. The jacket is in VERY GOOD condition with wear/scuff marks/lines on the front and back, wear lines on the corners and edges and spine, and a small tear on the front fold side. Comes with a BRODART cover. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines and treasurers related to Duke and Duchess of Windsor and other curious subjects. The jacket reads: The Shadow of the Winter Palace is a panoramic, illuminating account of a dynasty in decline-but it is much more than that. Edward Crankshaw's brilliant history of Russia under the last four Tsars show how that colorful and mysterious country had within it the seeds not ony of revolutin but also of many aspects of modern Russia which we are apt to think of as peculiar to the Soviet state. In its main historial theme this remarkable book tells how the autocratic Romanovs responded to the obvious need to modernize, liberate, and unify not only their country but their government. LAID IN THE BOOK are 4 pages from the June 9, 1972 Life magazine of the photographs that George Nicholas Taube, a photographer, had taken of the Tsar and his family in 1914 when he was with the family on their outings.
Edition: First editionBinding: Hard Back
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dj
ISBN: 0670637823
Book Id: 9913
Price: $12.50
