Pride and Punishment

by Vera Spiller

Overview

They were rich and powerful men in Russia who seemed to have everything. But it wasn't enough for them. They conspired to replace the autocratic regime of Czar Alexander I by the codes of laws that resembled British or even American Constitution. The poet Pushkin was a friend of theirs.

Their life of privilege ended after their failed attempt to establish free institutions in Russia. They caused the rebellion of several Imperial Guard Regiments, using the confusion and vacuum of power that followed Czar Alexander's death. The uprising was ruthlessly suppressed. Some of them paid the ultimate price, while others were exiled in Siberia. Their friends remained loyal through good and bad times. Their beautiful women followed them to the earth's end. They helped one another survive, including the younger generation that arrived there for punishment. Among them was the great writer Dostoyevsky. They returned victorious decades later. Leo Tolstoy tried twice to write a novel about them. In the end, he went to their origins and wrote War and Peace.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645849636
Publisher:	Page Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	12/02/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	534
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Vera Spiller was raised on classic Russian literature. She graduated from the university's faculty of foreign languages, majoring in French and German, but her passion was for history, especially for history of the nineteenth century. She came to the US in 1993 and stayed then. In 2002, she became a US citizen. She is married, has two grown-up children, and lives in Florida.