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Angel of Vengeance: The Girl Who Shot the Governor of St. Petersburg and Sparked the Age of Assassination

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In the Russian winter of 1878 a shy, aristocratic young woman named Vera Zasulich walked into the office of the governor of St. Petersburg, pulled a revolver from underneath her shawl, and shot General Fedor Trepov point blank. Revenge!, she cried, for the governor`s brutal treatment of a political prisoner. Her trial for murder later that year became Russia`s trial of the century, closely followed by people all across Europe and America. On the day of the trial, huge crowds packed the...

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Издательство: Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2012
ISBN: 978-0-312-36401-4
Объём: 400 страниц
Обложка: мягкая

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