The Pearl: A True Tale of Forbidden Love in Catherine the Great's Russia Condition:Very Good East-West Encounters

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The Pearl: A True Tale of Forbidden Love in Catherine the Great's Russia Condition:Very Good East-West EncountersFilled with a remarkable cast of characters and set against the backdrop of imperial Russia, this tale of forbidden romance could be the stuff of a great historical novel. But in fact The Pearl tells a true tale, reconstructed in part from archival documents that have lain untouched for centuries. Douglas Smith presents the most complete and accurate account ever written of the illicit love between Count Nicholas Sheremetev (1751 1809), Russias