St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg

by Jonathan Miles
St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg

by Jonathan Miles

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Overview

Established in 1703 by the sheer will of its charismatic founder, the homicidal megalomaniac Peter the Great, St. Petersburg's dazzling yet unhinged reputation was quickly cemented by the sadistic dominion of its early rulers. This city, in its successive incarnations—St. Petersburg, Petrograd, Leningrad and, once again, St. Petersburg—has always been a place of perpetual contradiction.It was a window to Europe and the Enlightenment, but so much of Russia’s unique glory was also created here: its literature, music, dance, and, for a time, its political vision. It gave birth to the artistic genius of Pushkin and Dostoyevsky, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, Pavlova and Nureyev. Yet, for all its glittering palaces, fairytale balls and enchanting gardens, the blood of thousands has been spilt on its snow-filled streets.It has been a hotbed of war and revolution, a place of siege and starvation, and the crucible for Lenin and Stalin’s power-hungry brutality. In St. Petersburg, Jonathan Miles recreates the drama of three hundred years in this paradoxical and brilliant city, bringing us up to the present day, when its fate hangs in the balance once more.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781681777160
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Publication date: 03/06/2018
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 560
File size: 131 MB
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About the Author

After a nomadic childhood in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, Jonathan Miles has been travelling ever since and currently lives in Paris. He studied at University College, London and received his doctorate from Jesus College, Oxford. He is the author of several books, including Medusa: The Shipwreck, the Scandal and the Masterpiece, Nine Lives of Otto Katz and St Petersburg: Three Centuries of Murderous Desire, which were all published to international acclaim.

Table of Contents

1 Twilight on the Nevsky - 1993 1

Part I Emperors 1698-1825

2 Havoc in London 9

3 Dangerous Acceleration 23

4 Oblivion and Rebirth 70

5 Dancing, Love-Making, Drink 102

6 The City Transformed 126

7 Madness, Murder and Insurrection 178

Part II Subjects 1825-1917

8 A New Kind of Cold 219

9 Discontent 257

10 Dancing on the Edge 299

11 Dazzle and Despair 324

Part III Comrades & Citizens 1917-2017

12 Red Petrograd 365

13 A City Diminished 384

14 Darkest and Finest Hour 408

15 Murmurs from the Underground 430

16 Broken Window onto the West 458

17 Mirage - 2017 476

Acknowledgements 487

List of Illustrations 489

Notes 494

Bibliography 544

Index 564

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