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Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin finds himself enmeshed in a tangle of love, torn between two women—the notorious kept woman Nastasya and the pure Aglaia—both involved, in turn, with the corrupt, money-hungry Ganya. In the end, Myshkin’s honesty, goodness, and integrity are shown to be unequal to the moral emptiness of those around him. In her revision of the Garnett translation,...

War and Peace is a vast epic centred on Napoleons war with Russia. While it expresses Tolstoys view that history is an inexorable process which man cannot influence, he peoples his great novel with a cast of over five hundred characters. Three of these, the artless and delightful Natasha Rostov, the world-weary Prince Andrew Bolkonsky and the idealistic Pierre Bezukhov illustrate Tolstoys philosophy in this novel of unquestioned mastery.

"Charting the transformation of Vladimir Putin from a passionate fan of the West and a liberal reformer into a hurt and introverted outcast, All the Kremlin's Men is a historical detective story, full of intrigue and conspiracy. This is the story of the political battles that have taken place in the court of Vladimir Putin since his rise to power, and a chronicle of friendship and hatred between the Russian leader and his foreign partners and opponents..."--...

"Beauty in Exile: The Artists, Models, and Nobility Who Fled the Russian Revolution and Influenced the World of Fashion tells the story of this well-bred crowd who, suddenly stripped of their cloaks of privilege, discovered that for the first time in their life they would have to work for a living. Naturally, many turned to what they knew best - fashion and beauty.". "From the fashion house of Irfe, founded by the dapper Prince Felix Yusupov (who,...

Illustrations and text follow the story of a six-room Moscow apartment throughout the twentieth century and the family living there, as their personal upheavals and accomplishments reflect events in Russia and the wider world.

Translation of a 1934 Russian novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Mikhail Sholokhov, which provides a portrait of Cossack life during the Revolution.

Provides a detailed portrait of the former head of the Soviet Union focussing on his rise to power and use of terror to maintain his position.

A translation of the Russian novel in which a nameless hero, alienated from society, searches for the true and good in a corrupt world.