{"product_id":"to-kill-a-serpent-in-boris-akunin-9781628973204","title":"To Kill a Serpent in the Shell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Serpent in the Shell\u003c\/i\u003e dramatizes the final year of Tsarevna Sofia's regency, interrogating Russia's history while subtly confronting the Russia of today. The play, both a riddle and a fantasy, depicts the political rivalry between the regent and her lover, Vasili Golitsyn, on the one hand, and the young Tsar Peter on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe regency's incipient humanism, espoused in Golitsyn's consideration for the well-being of the Russian people, conflicts with the autocratic leanings of the young Tsar Peter. Boris Akunin shows us a pivotal time in Russian history, immediately preceding the reign of Peter the Great, and invites us to imagine what future rulers of Russia might have been like if the events of 1689 had had a different outcome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Boris Akunin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 162897320X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628973204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 4.90w x 0.40d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boris Akunin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939405594879,"sku":"9781628973204","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_93f8ba44-cb20-4c31-9177-05ec7248f87c.jpg?v=1681441300","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-kill-a-serpent-in-boris-akunin-9781628973204","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}