A Traveller's Companion to Moscow - Kelly, Laurence
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Through the voices of visitors and residents, the turbulent growth of Moscow is recorded in this evocative and informative anthology: Peter the Great's bloody reprisals in 1698; Napoleon's ignominious retreat in 1812; the flowering of literary greatness in the 19th century; and the dazzling profusion of jewels in the Treasury of the Kremlin. Illustrations.

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Through the voices of visitors and residents, the turbulent growth of Moscow is recorded in this evocative and informative anthology: Peter the Great's bloody reprisals in 1698; Napoleon's ignominious retreat in 1812; the flowering of literary greatness in the 19th century; and the dazzling profusion of jewels in the Treasury of the Kremlin. Illustrations.
Autorenporträt
Laurence Kelly, a regular visitor to Istanbul, is the son of a former British Ambassador to Russia. His father was also British Ambassador in Ankara immediately after World War II. Born in Brussels, Kelly was educated at New College, Oxford.