1847: the Russian writer Alexander Herzen and his family leave Moscow on a short-term permit, become embroiled in the revolution of 1848 in Paris and, unable to return to Tsarist Russia, are condemned to permanent exile.
Author: E. H. Carr
Publisher: Serif Publishing
ISBN: 1897959559
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 342
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E.H. Carr presents a vast range of characters in this true story of the personal as well as political dreams and aspirations of Russian exiles. The story is set in the midst of the upheaval and revolutionary fervour of the mid 1800s.