Russia: 4 books

Alexander lived in Paris when he wrote his memoirs, Once a Grand Duke, which were first published in 1932. It is a rich source of dynastical and court life in Imperial Russia’s last half century, and Alexander also describes time spent as guest of the future Abyssinian Emperor Ras Tafari. “The...

SOME hours after the death of the Empress Catherine, her son, the Emperor Paul, ordered Count Rostoptchine to put the seals upon her papers. He was himself present at the arrangement of these papers. Among them was found the celebrated letter of Alexis Orloff, in which, in a cynical tone and with a drunken...

Not to be confused with unmarried, the term Unwed refers to a particular virus that, in essence, turns spouses into walking married corpses. According to historical data, this disease has been infecting couples for millennia. But its causes and properties remained largely a mystery until the early...

Prussianism refers to the practices and doctrines of the Prussians; specifically, the militarism and severe discipline traditionally associated with the Prussian ruling class. Karl Marx (5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a Prussian-born philosopher, economist, political theorist, sociologist, journalist,...