the extraordinary relationship between the great composer and the brutal dictator /
First Statement of Responsibility
Solomon Volkov ; translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 313 pages, [16] pages of plates :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, portraits ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-297) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Tsars and poets -- Mirages and temptations -- The year 1936: causes and consequences -- 1936: Facing the sphinx -- The Tsar's mercy -- War: triumphs and tribulations -- 1948: "Look over here, look over there, the enemy is everywhere!" -- Final convulsions and death of the Tsar -- In the shadow of Stalin