'Although the story of the Barshinskeys, which became our story too, stretched over many summers and winters, that golden time of 1902 was when our strange involved relationship began, when our youthful longing for the exotic took a solid and restless hold upon us...' It is at this enchanted moment that The Summer of the Barshinskeys begins.A beautifully told, compelling story that moves from a small Kentish village to London, and from war-torn St Petersburg to a Quaker relief unit in the Volga provinces, it is an ...
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'Although the story of the Barshinskeys, which became our story too, stretched over many summers and winters, that golden time of 1902 was when our strange involved relationship began, when our youthful longing for the exotic took a solid and restless hold upon us...' It is at this enchanted moment that The Summer of the Barshinskeys begins.A beautifully told, compelling story that moves from a small Kentish village to London, and from war-torn St Petersburg to a Quaker relief unit in the Volga provinces, it is an unforgettable story of two families.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Good in good dust jacket. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book in Very Good Condition in a Good Jacket. A story set in a delightful English summer in the season of King Edward VII's coronation and at the end of the Boer War--a compelling story that moves from the small village of Kent to London, from war-torn and revolutionary Moscow to St Petersburg--the saga of two families whose lives would change forever and the old days would never return. Clean, tight, solid, unmarked book in tan and brown boards, black titles on spine. Edges of spine head and tail slightly scuffed. Interior is very clean and competely unmarked. Jacket is clean and bright, with Barshinsky family on front; edgeworn. 431 pages. 1984, Crown Publishers, USA.