Penguin Books 2003 Mass-market paperback This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 9780140297966.

Used - isbn: 0140297960 - isbn13: 9780140297966 Penguin

ISBN10: 0140297960, ISBN13: 9780140297966, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Sep 2003] Softcover Neuware - From the award-winning author of The Whisperers, Orlando Figes Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia is a dazzling history of Russia's mighty culture. Orlando Figes' enthralling, richly evocative history has been heralded as a literary masterpiece on Russia, the lives of those who have shaped its culture, and the enduring spirit of a people. 'Wonderfully rich . magnificent and compelling . a delight to read' Antony Beevor 'A tour de force by the great storyteller of modern Russian historians . Figes mobilizes a cast of serf harems, dynasties, politburos, libertines, filmmakers, novelists, composers, poets, tsars and tyrants . superb, flamboyant and masterful' Simon Sebag-Montefiore, Financial Times 'Awe-inspiring . Natasha's Dance has all the qualities of an epic tragedy' Mail on Sunday 'It is so much fun to read that I hesitate to write too much, for fear of spoiling the pleasures and surprises of the book' Sunday Telegraph 'Magnificent . Figes is at his exciting best' Guardian 'Breathtaking . The title of this masterly history comes from War and Peace, when the aristocratic heroine, Natasha Rostova, finds herself intuitively picking up the rhythm of a peasant dance . One of those books that, at times, makes you wonder how you have so far managed to do without it' Independent ...
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Penguin, Date: 2003. 1st paperback edition. Paper covers. V.g./No Jacket. Little used. 2003. Penguin ISBN 0140297960 9780140297966 [GB]