The Cavalry Maiden

Journals of a Female Russian Officer in the Napoleonic Wars

Autor*innen

• Nadez da A. Durova
• Mary Fleming Zirin

Parameter

• 288 Seiten
• 11 Lesestunden

• Biografien
• Geschichte
• Historisches Thema
• Sachbücher
• Wahre Geschichten

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"In December 1807, Alexander I granted a commission ot Nadezhada Durova who, in male guise, served nearly ten years in the Russian light cavalry during the Napoleonic wars. The cavalry maiden, a selection of the edited journals of her military service, first published in 1836 with Pushkin's encouragement, is a lively narrative of Russian life on and off the battlefield in the Alexandrine era. Durova's story appeals in our own time as a unique and gripping contribution to the literature of female experience"--

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
• Einband: Paperback