In Bread of Exile, two opposing worlds are juxtaposed: a world of privilege and power that saw the end of imperial Russia and struggled to survive Communist persecution and military attack, and one of dispossession and exile. Dimitri Obolensky's family belonged to the upper echelons of the Russian aristocracy. This collection of unpublished memoirs, diaries, and notebooks by six different family members spans more than one hundred years. Russia's turbulent history is made vividly real through intimate recollections of those ...
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In Bread of Exile, two opposing worlds are juxtaposed: a world of privilege and power that saw the end of imperial Russia and struggled to survive Communist persecution and military attack, and one of dispossession and exile. Dimitri Obolensky's family belonged to the upper echelons of the Russian aristocracy. This collection of unpublished memoirs, diaries, and notebooks by six different family members spans more than one hundred years. Russia's turbulent history is made vividly real through intimate recollections of those who suffered the dramatic consequences of the Russian Revolution and lived the rest of their lives as emigres.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. Small Square 8vo. Slightly smaller black-boards hardback with an unclipped dust jacket now protected in a new archival-quality, removable Mylar plastic cover. This copy has a "read-only-once-or-twice" look & feel with no crushes to the boards' corners. Photos. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Due to low-price; international orders are subject to a postal surcharge. Serving satisfied customers since 1999. 245-stated pages.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Old owner's name to endpaper. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat--a sound and handsome copy.