INVENTORY #162113
The Heretic; Or, The German Stranger. An Historical Romance of The Court of Russia in the Fifteenth Century. Translated from the Russian of Lajetchnikoff. (3 vols.)
LAJETCHNIKOFF, Ivan Ivanovich; SHAW, Thomas B. (trans.)
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Originally published in Russian in the 1830s, this historical novel is set at the court of Grand Prince Ivan III (Ivan the Great) in the 15th century. A German doctor arrives in Moscow and becomes entangled in the complex and dangerous intrigues of the Russian court. The author attempts to bring medieval Russian history to life through melodrama. Preface by translator.
Publication Info
- Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons
- Edition: n/a
- Date Published: 1845
- Place Published: Edinburgh
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
3 vols.: xviii, 285; 256; 272, [4] p. 21 cm. Dark blue cloth. Vol. I has tear in spine head and vol. II has a tiny tear in spine head. Vol. III has tear in upper front hinge. Corners bumped. Slight spine lean in all 3 vols. Some soiling to cloth. Ink signatures on front endpapers. Hinges starting to crack internally but holding together well. Foxing to first and last pages.