The Cavalry Maiden: Journals of a Russian Officer in the Napoleonic Wars - Brossura

Durova, Nadezhda; Zirin, Mary Fleming

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ISBN 10: 0253205492 ISBN 13: 9780253205490

Casa editrice: Indiana Univ Pr, 1989

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... sparkles with wit, intelligence and bold characterization." —Women’s Review of Books

... a ripping yarn... admirable translation... sensitive introductory essay." —Times Literary Supplement

... a remarkable journal worthy of the attention of a wide audience." —Doris Grumbach, National Public Radio

In male guise, Nadezhda Durova served ten years in the Russian cavalry. The Cavalry Maiden is a lively narrative which appeals in our own time as a unique and gripping contribution to the literature of female experience.

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'I have heard, ' said the tsar...'that you are not a man. Is that true?' In December 1807, Alexander I granted a commission to Nadezhda Durova who, in male guide, served nearly ten years in the Russian light cavalry during the Napoleonic wars. The Cavalry Maiden, a selection of the edited journals of her military service, first published in 1836 with Pushkin's encouragement, is a lively narrative Russian life on and off the battlefield in the Alexandrine era.

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Book by Durova Nadezhda

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• Editore: Indiana Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0253205492
• ISBN 13: 9780253205490
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288