Biographies and Historical Fiction I have loved
Explore captivating biographies and historical fiction books I've loved. Discover must-read titles that bring history to life through compelling stories and real-life accounts.
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Shostakovich
by Elizabeth Wilson
"This new edition, produced to coincide with the centenary of Shostakovich's birth, draws on many new writings on the composer. In doing so, it provides …
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St Petersburg
by Solomon Volkov
Long considered to be the mad dream of an imperious autocrat—the "Venice of the North," conceived in a setting of malarial swamps—St. Petersburg was built …
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Galina
by Galina Vishnevskaya
This autobiography is a luminous portrait of a Soviet artist, against a backdrop of Soviet history.
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Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya
by Mstislav Rostropovich
In these conversations with French journalist and critic Claude Samuel, Rostropovich and Vishnevskaya tell their dramatic story from their marriage in 1955 (four days after …
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Speak, Memory
by Vladimir Nabokov
From one of the 20th century's great writers comes one of the finest autobiographies of our time. • "Scintillating … One finds here amazing glimpses …
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Pale Fire
by Vladimir Nabokov
A darkly comic novel of suspense, literary idolatry and one-upmanship, and political intrigue from one of the leading writers of the twentieth century, the acclaimed …
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Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida
by Various
From the reign of the Tsars in the early nineteenth century to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, the short story has long …
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Prokofiev by Prokofiev
by Sergey Prokofiev
Excerpts from Prokofiev's diaries, letters, and early compositions are contained in the world-famous Russian composer's account of his childhood in the Ukraine and musical training …
