Letters from Russia

Edited by the winner of the 2000 Prix Goncourt Lyceens, Astolphe de Custine's report on his visit to Russia in 1839 is a perceptive, even prophetic, reckoning with the institutions and character of a powerful, troubled country. Lauded by Louis Auchincloss as "the most trenchant political text of the [...]
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Edited by the winner of the 2000 Prix Goncourt Lyceens, Astolphe de Custine's report on his visit to Russia in 1839 is a perceptive, even prophetic, reckoning with the institutions and character of a powerful, troubled country. Lauded by Louis Auchincloss as "the most trenchant political text of the 19th century," the book is a passionate encounter with historical forces still at work in the world today.