{"product_id":"i-vera-miranda-seymour-9781324075929","title":"I, Vera: The Unexpected Life of a Russian Princess","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1870, Vera Gedroits was the gender-free and rebellious child of a Lithuanian prince and a Russo-German mother. She rejected women's clothes, used masculine pronouns, and became the world's first female professor of surgery. \u003cem\u003eI, Vera\u003c\/em\u003e brings this inspiring--at times infuriating--and unforgettable princess back to life. Acclaimed biographer Miranda Seymour tracks Vera's career as a fearless battlefield surgeon; tutor to women of the Romanov court; devoted partner to another woman after the Russian Revolution; and celebrated writer of prose. Seymour follows Vera--who positioned herself as an intrepid heroine, crossdresser, and champion of workers' rights--until, after being imprisoned and dismissed under Stalin's rule, she died penniless in 1932. From Russian wars, royal courts, and operating rooms across Europe, \u003cem\u003eI, Vera\u003c\/em\u003e restores an unforgettable, almost novelistic story of an extraordinary surgeon and storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Miranda Seymour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324075929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324075929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Miranda Seymour","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48852887896319,"sku":"9781324075929","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-vera-miranda-seymour-9781324075929","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}