Before the curtain.
Edition: First
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 1950
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: 8vo
Number of pages: 313
Subjects: Preston, Thomas, -- b. 1886.; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Diplomats — Correspondence, reminiscences, etc; Soviet Union — History — Revolution, 1917-1921.
Genres: Autobiography
First sentence: Russia! Terra incognita. In the past, always mysterious, paradoxical and enigmatic; .....
Notes: Largely experiences as a prospector and then as a diplomat in Russia and Eastern Europe up to 1940. The book also contains some interesting observations about the classical musical scene at that time.
Table of contents: pagenum: 1
label: I
class: part
title: Eastern-Western; pagenum: 6
title: Mainly Introductory
class: part
label: II; pagenum: 14
title: Constantinople: Batoum: Dzanzoul
class: part
label: III; pagenum: 26
title: The Georgian Princess
class: part
label: IV; pagenum: 36
label: V
class: part
title: Adventure in Gold; pagenum: 63
label: VI
class: part
title: An Augustan Age; pagenum: 74
title: Eve of Revolt
class: part
label: VII; pagenum: 83
label: VIII
class: part
title: "Blood Bath"; pagenum: 95
label: IX
class: part
title: The End of Nicolai Romanoff; pagenum: 109
label: X
class: part
title: Relief of Ekaterinburg; pagenum: 128
title: Reign of Terror
class: part
label: XI; pagenum: 150
title: Audience with the King
class: part
label: XII; pagenum: 159
title: Moscow - Pages from a Diary
class: part
label: XIII; pagenum: 172
label: XIV
class: part
title: Agent at Petrograd; pagenum: 183
title: Anti-God!
class: part
label: XV; pagenum: 191
label: XVI
class: part
title: Musical Interlude; pagenum: 197
title: A Political Messiah
class: part
label: XVII; pagenum: 210
title: Nightmare City
class: part
label: XVIII; pagenum: 213
title: The World of Theatre
class: part
label: XIX; pagenum: 231
title: I Visit the Vatican
class: part
label: XX; pagenum: 237
label: XXI
class: part
title: The Rape of Lithuania; pagenum: 255
title: I Compose a Ballet
class: part
label: XXII; pagenum: 265
title: The Poles
class: part
label: XXIII; pagenum: 270
label: XXIV
class: part
title: Return to Moscow; pagenum: 285
title: Diplomatically Speaking
class: part
label: XXV; pagenum: 295
title: Opium for the People
class: part
label: XXVI; pagenum: 307
class: part
title: Index