![]() ![]() She also kept detailed diaries, which sweep us into fashionable balls and local gossip.magical scenes of winter in Russia.and devastating famine in the countryside. Between 18, Countess Tolstoy made more than a thousand photographs representing her entire worldâ "from artists to aristocrats to peasants to family, from the Crimea to Moscow to the family estate 100 kilometers to the south. ![]() Through never-before-seen photographs and intriguing personal diaries, this beautiful book provides an intimate glimpse into the lives of Countess Sophia Tolstoy and her husband, Leo Tolstoyâ "one of the greatest authors of all timeâ "set against the grand and terrifying backdrop of aristocratic Russia on the brink of its demise. Quarto pp 239, (i), colophon profusely illustrated with sepia toned and color photographs beige cloth and white paper covered boards lettered in gilt, genealogical endpapers, in a dust jacket. ![]()
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