From the award-winning author of ''The Whisperers'',
Orlando Figes ''Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of
Russia'' is a dazzling history of Russia's mighty
culture. Orlando Figes' enthralling, richly evocative
history has been heralded as a literary masterpiece on
Russia, the lives of those who have shaped its culture,
and the enduring spirit of a people. ''Wonderfully rich
...magnificent and compelling ...a delight to read''.
(Antony Beevor). ''A tour de force by the great
storyteller of modern Russian historians...Figes
mobilizes a cast of serf harems, dynasties, politburos,
libertines, filmmakers, novelists, composers, poets,
tsars and tyrants ...superb, flamboyant and masterful''.
(Simon Sebag-Montefiore, ''Financial Times'').
''Awe-inspiring...''Natasha's Dance'' has all the
qualities of an epic tragedy''. (''Mail on Sunday'').
''It is so much fun to read that I hesitate to write too
much, for fear of spoiling the pleasures and surprises
of the book''. (''Sunday Telegraph'').
''Magnificent...Figes is at his exciting best''.
(''Guardian''). ''Breathtaking...The title of this
masterly history comes from War and Peace, when the
aristocratic heroine, Natasha Rostova, finds herself
intuitively picking up the rhythm of a peasant
dance...One of those books that, at times, makes you
wonder how you have so far managed to do without it''.
(''Independent on Sunday''). ''Thrilling, dizzying...I
would defy any reader not to be captivated''.
(''Literary Review''). Orlando Figes is Professor of
History at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is
the author of ''Peasant Russia'', ''Civil War'', ''A
People's Tragedy'', ''Natasha's Dance'', ''The
Whisperers'' and ''Just Send Me Word''. His books have
been translated into over twenty languages. |
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