The Russian Album

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This dramatic and poignant chronicle of four generations of a Russian family begins in the dazzling court of Tsar Alexander III, traces the Ignatieff family’s rise to power and influence in the imperial regime of Tsar Nicholas II, and sweeps us into an avalanche of revolution, civil war, and exile.Drawing on family diaries, photographs in an old family album, and stories passed down from father to son, Michael Ignatieff movingly comes to terms with the meaning of his family’s memories and history in an extraordinary time.

Additional information

Weight 0.24 kg
Dimensions 1.81 × 13.31 × 20.88 cm
PubliCanadation City/Country

Canada

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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

264

Publisher

Year Published

2006-11-7

Imprint

ISBN 10

0143054651

About The Author

MICHAEL IGNATIEFF is the author of Isaiah Berlin and The Warrior's Honour, as well as sixteen other acclaimed books, including a memoir, The Russian Album and the Booker finalist Scar Tissue. He writes regularly for the New York Times, the New York Review of Books, and the London Review of Books, and has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including Fresh Air and Fareed Zakariah GPS. Former head of Canada's Liberal Party and director of the Carr Center for Human Rights at Harvard's Kennedy School, he is currently the president of Central European University in Budapest.

WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD AND THE HEINEMANN AWARD"A remarkable picture of a lost world … moving and understated."—The Daily Telegraph (London)"A family memoir written with acute intelligence and sensitivity … a well-told story of fidelity, folly, and a trust in the persistence of a tight family structure." —The Globe and Mail"Through skilful use of diaries, photos, heirlooms, and history, Ignatieff recaptures the essence of old Russia and shows how the fate of families and nations intertwine and how both endure. Highly recommended." —Library Journal

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