num_pages: 493
description: Land of the Firebird is a WONDERFUL and ENGAGING in-depth look of Russian history from 987-1917, spanning the ascension of Vlad and the Orthodox Church to right before the Revolution. With colorful prose Suzanne Massie details the variety of Russian existence--tsars and serfs and merchant-princes and babushkas--no stone is left uncovered as she cross-references nearly a thousands years, writing with equal consideration of art, poetry, country-life, court-life, politics and its myriad games, myths and legends, influence "outside the sphere."
language: English
title: Land of the Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russia
titlecomplete: Land of the Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russia
genres: Historical, History, World History, Russia, Academic, Travel, Cultural, Russian History, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 462
publisher: Simon & Schuster