St. Petersburg: Madness, Murder, and Art on the Banks of the Neva by Miles, Jonathan

St. Petersburg: Madness, Murder, and Art on the Banks of the Neva (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781681776767)

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St. Petersburg: Madness, Murder, and Art on the Banks of the Neva by Miles, Jonathan

St. Petersburg: Madness, Murder, and Art on the Banks of the Neva

$29.95
St. Petersburg: Madness, Murder, and Art on the Banks of the Neva by Miles, Jonathan

St. Petersburg: Madness, Murder, and Art on the Banks of the Neva

$29.95
Format: Hardcover
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From Peter the Great to Putin, this is the unforgettable story of St Petersburg--one of the most magical, menacing, and influential cities in the world.

St. Petersburg has always felt like an impossible metropolis, risen from the freezing mists and flooded marshland of the River Neva on the western edge of Russia. It was a new capital in an old country. Established in 1703 by the sheer will of Peter the Great, its 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. Yet, for all its glittering palaces, fairytale balls and enchanting gardens, the blood of thousands has been spilt on its snow-filled streets.

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.

This is an epic tale of murder, massacre and madness played out against squalor and splendor, and an unforgettable portrait of a city and its people.

Author: Jonathan Miles
ISBN-10: 1681776766
ISBN-13: 9781681776767
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Language: English
Published: 03/06/2018
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.90d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2018
Publishers Weekly 01/15/2018
Booklist 02/01/2018 pg. 14
Library Journal 03/01/2018 pg. 91
By Jonathan Miles
By Jonathan Miles
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After a nomadic childhood in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, Jonathan Miles has been travelling ever since and currently lives in Paris. He studied at University College, London and received his doctorate from Jesus College, Oxford. He is the author of several books, including Medusa: The Shipwreck, the Scandal and the Masterpiece, Nine Lives of Otto Katz and St Petersburg: Three Centuries of Murderous Desire, which were all published to international acclaim.

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