Glorious Misadventures Nikolai Rezanov And The Dream Of A Russian America
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781620402399
Description: "The Russian Empire once extended deep into America: in 1818, Russia's furthest outposts were in California and Hawaii. The dreamer behind this great Imperial vision was Nikolai Rezanov--diplomat, adventurer, courtier, millionaire, and gambler ... [In this book, the author] conjures a[n] ... original portrait of one of Russia's most eccentric Empire-builders"--