{"product_id":"the-companion-guide-to-st-kyril-zinovieff-9781900639408","title":"The Companion Guide to St Petersburg","description":"The Companion Guide to St Petersburg was first published in spring 2003 to coincide with the tercentenary of the founding of the city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost visitors to St Petersburg have heard at least four facts about it: that it is 'the Venice of the North'; that a vast number of workmen, perhaps a hundred thousand, died in the early years of its construction; that it was built on uninhabited marshes; and that it was founded on territory which did not andnever had belonged to Russia. These 'facts' have one feature in common: none of them is true. Few people can say this with more authority that Kyril Zinovieff, who comes from a family associated with the administration of St Petersburg since the eighteenth century. He recalls being taken as a child in 1917 to see the damage done to the Winter Palace - which he found regettably unspectacular. And more: 'My sister and I may have been two of the last people still alive to have seen Rasputin' is the startling beginning of another chapter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His knowledge of the history of his city, where every stone tells a story, is encyclopaedic; his respect for the spiritual strength of its inhabitants unbounded; he has produced a work of charm, humour and erudition with a unique insight into this amazing city. KYRIL ZINOVIEFF, as Kyril Fitzlyon, has made noted translations from the Russian, including the Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky; this book has been written with JENNY HUGHES, formerly of the Economist and the Guardian.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kyril Zinovieff, Jenny Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1900639408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781900639408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Companion Guides\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.20w x 1.10d","brand":"Kyril Zinovieff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939102163199,"sku":"9781900639408","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9144c27a-c158-4178-988d-d7ff730ba366.jpg?v=1681439509","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-companion-guide-to-st-kyril-zinovieff-9781900639408","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}