![]() ![]() ![]() His books have been translated into over twenty languages. He is the author of Peasant Russia, Civil War, A People's Tragedy, Natasha's Dance, The Whisperers and Just Send Me Word. Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. I would defy any reader not to be captivated' Literary Review One of those books that, at times, makes you wonder how you have so far managed to do without it' Independent on Sunday The title of this masterly history comes from War and Peace, when the aristocratic heroine, Natasha Rostova, finds herself intuitively picking up the rhythm of a peasant dance. ![]() 'It is so much fun to read that I hesitate to write too much, for fear of spoiling the pleasures and surprises of the book' Sunday Telegraph Petersburg-a 'window on the West'-and culminating with the challenges posed to Russian identity by the. Natasha's Dance has all the qualities of an epic tragedy' Mail on Sunday Now, in Natasha's Dance, internationally renowned historian Orlando Figes does the same for Russian culture, summoning the myriad elements that formed a nation and held it together.Beginning in the eighteenth century with the building of St. superb, flamboyant and masterful' Simon Sebag-Montefiore, Financial Times Figes mobilizes a cast of serf harems, dynasties, politburos, libertines, filmmakers, novelists, composers, poets, tsars and tyrants. 'A tour de force by the great storyteller of modern Russian historians. Orlando Figes' enthralling, richly evocative history has been heralded as a literary masterpiece on Russia, the lives of those who have shaped its culture, and the enduring spirit of a people. From the award-winning author of The Whisperers, Orlando Figes Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia is a dazzling history of Russia's mighty culture. ![]()
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