{"product_id":"pushkin-a-biography-paperback","title":"Pushkin: A Biography - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eT. J. Binyon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the course of his short, dramatic life, Aleksandr Pushkin gave Russia not only its greatest poetry-including the novel-in-verse \u003cb\u003eEugene Onegin\u003c\/b\u003e-but a new literary language. He also gave it a figure of enduring romantic allure-fiery, restless, extravagant, a prodigal gambler and inveterate seducer of women. Having forged a dazzling, controversial career that cost him the enmity of one tsar and won him the patronage of another, he died at the age of thirty-eight, following a duel with a French officer who was paying unscrupulous attention to his wife.\u003cbr\u003eIn his magnificent, prizewinning \u003cb\u003ePushkin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eT. J. Binyon lifts the veil of the iconic poet's myth to reveal the complexity and pathos of his life while brilliantly evoking Russia in all its nineteenth-century splendor. Combining exemplary scholarship with the pace and detail of a great novel, \u003cb\u003ePushkin\u003c\/b\u003e elevates biography to a work of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the course of his short, dramatic life, Aleksandr Pushkin gave Russia not only its greatest poetry-including the novel-in-verse Eugene Onegin-but a new literary language. He also gave it a figure of enduring romantic allure-fiery, restless, extravagant, a prodigal gambler and inveterate seducer of women. Having forged a dazzling, controversial career that cost him the enmity of one tsar and won him the patronage of another, he died at the age of thirty-eight, following a duel with a French officer who was paying unscrupulous attention to his wife.\u003cbr\u003eIn his magnificent, prizewinning Pushkin,\" T. J. Binyon lifts the veil of the iconic poet's myth to reveal the complexity and pathos of his life while brilliantly evoking Russia in all its nineteenth-century splendor. Combining exemplary scholarship with the pace and detail of a great novel, Pushkin elevates biography to a work of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eT. J. Binyon lectures on Russian literature at Oxford University and is a senior research fellow at Wadham College. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eMurder Will Out, \u003c\/i\u003e a history of the fictional detective, and two thrillers, \u003ci\u003eSwan Song\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGreek Gifts\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his wife in Oxfordshire, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 784\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.53 x 8.04 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 09, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752165146912,"sku":"9781400076529","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/afd18d152e47476bec683fa2a2f83b50.webp?v=1779989008","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pushkin-a-biography-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}