From Fields to Fountains: The Story of Bloomsbury's Russell Square by Ricci De Freitas Verso On Christmas Day 1991 Mikhail

On Christmas Day 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union

and the reader

Born in Russia under the last czar

In particular

strange bird was to change wildlife researcher Jonathan Slaght's life beyond measure

From Fields to Fountains: The Story of Bloomsbury's Russell Square by Ricci De Freitas Verso On Christmas Day 1991 MikhailLocal historian Ricci de Freitas has produced a splendid companion volume to his earlier book Tales of Brunswick Square Bloomsburys Untold Past. It documents the development of the area from open fields where robberies and murders were committed to the spacious streets and splendid garden squares where polished society could feel at home. In a metaphorical house to house stroll around the foremost Bloomsbury square the lives of its most notable former