The house of the dead : Siberian exile under the Tsars / Daniel Beer
2016, First Edition. [London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #459371
ISBN: 9781846145377
Physical description; xx, 487 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-455) and index. Contents; Author's note -- Prologue: The Bell of Uglich -- 1. Origins of exile -- 2. The boundary post -- 3. Broken swords -- 4. The mines of Nerchinsk -- 5. The Decembrist republic -- 6. Sybiracy -- 7. The penal fort -- 8. 'In the name of freedom' -- 9. General Cuckoo's army -- 10. Sakhalin Island -- 11. The lash -- 12. "Woe to the vanquished" -- 13. The shrinking continent -- 14. The crucible -- Epilogue: Red Siberia. Subjects; 1800-1899. Exile (Punishment) Russia (Federation) Siberia History 19th century. History. Exile (Punishment). European history. Penology & punishment. Russia. Siberia.
Price: €12.95