Boris Godunov & Little Tragedies by Alexander Pushkin contemporary russian culture Jean-Louis Cohen and Deyan Sudjic

Jean-Louis Cohen and Deyan Sudjic

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In this second volume

Boris Godunov & Little Tragedies by Alexander Pushkin contemporary russian culture Jean-Louis Cohen and Deyan SudjicA drama of ambition, murder, remorse and retribution, Boris Godunov charts the decline of a Russian statesman, whose dynastic aims were foiled by a guilty past and an audacious upstart. Based on history and inspired by Shakespeare, Alexander Pushkins daring masterwork is presented here in its rarely published uncensored version of 1825. Set in Vienna, Flanders, Madrid and London, Pushkins celebrated Little Tragedies Mozart and Salieri, The Mean