Peter the Great's African: Experiments in Prose by Alexander Pushkin Churchill's Abandoned Prisoners by Rupert Wieloch serves as Foreign Minister

serves as Foreign Minister

the aftereffects of abortion and miscarriage on marriage and family life

the balance of power shifted northwards and westwards

their stories paint a vivid picture of what the second largest country in Europe feels like in wartime: a nation trapped between powerful forces

Archie Brown shows why the popular view that Western economic and military strength left the Soviet Union with no alternative but to admit defeat is wrong

Peter the Great's African: Experiments in Prose by Alexander Pushkin Churchill's Abandoned Prisoners by Rupert Wieloch serves as Foreign MinisterNewly translated, unfinished works about power, class conflict, and artistic inspiration by Russia's greatest poet. Alexander Pushkin, Russias foundational writer, was constantly experimenting with new genres, and this fresh selection ushers readers into his creative laboratory. Politics and history weighed heavily on Pushkins imagination, and in Peter the Greats African he depicts the Tsar through the eyes of one of his closest confidantes, Ibrahim,