Empire of the czar
Subtitle: a journey through eternal Russia
By: by the Marquis de Custine ; foreword by Daniel J. Boorstin ; introduction by George F. Kennan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 631
Subjects: Custine, Astolphe, marquis de, 1790-1857 -- Travel -- Russia; Russia -- Description and travel
Description: Translation of: La Russie en 1839. Describes a French aristocrat's adventures a century and a half ago, painting portraits of the Russians from the Czar and his courtiers to the peasants.
Notes: Bibliography: p. xxxvi.
Translation of: La Russie en 1839.
Map on lining papers.
Includes index.