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When Miss Emmie Was in Russia: English Governesses Before, During and After the October Revolution
Harvey Pitcher
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Paperback. A biography of five intrepid women who, by travelling abroad and working as governesses in Russia, achieved an intellectual dignity, a purpose and an authority which was denied them in their homeland. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJC; 3JJF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340. English Governesses Before, During and After the October Revolution. 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. A biography of five intrepid women who, by travelling abroad and working as governesses in Russia, achieved an intellectual dignity, a purpose and an authority which was denied them in their homeland. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJC; 3JJF; WTLC. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight: 340.
A Russian Upstairs, Downstairs, but one scented with the cordite and fear of revolution, and with a cast of devotedly loyal and capable British governesses. Miss Emmie is an intimate and revealing portrait of pre-Revolutionary Russian society which, contrary to received wisdoms, reveals a complex, liberal and humane society, full of enormous potential and past achievement. It is also the biography of five intrepid women who, by travelling abroad and working as governesses in Russia, achieved an intellectual dignity, a purpose and an authority which was denied them in their homeland. The extraordinary personal adventures of these women, as they ... Read more
A Russian Upstairs, Downstairs, but one scented with the cordite and fear of revolution, and with a cast of devotedly loyal and capable British governesses. Miss Emmie is an intimate and revealing portrait of pre-Revolutionary Russian society which, contrary to received wisdoms, reveals a complex, liberal and humane society, full of enormous potential and past achievement. It is also the biography of five intrepid women who, by travelling abroad and working as governesses in Russia, achieved an intellectual dignity, a purpose and an authority which was denied them in their homeland. The extraordinary personal adventures of these women, as they ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906011499
SKU
V9781906011499
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