{"product_id":"natashas-dance","title":"Natasha's Dance","description":"From the award-winning author of The Whisperers, Orlando Figes Natasha''s Dance: A Cultural History of Russia is a dazzling history of Russia''s mighty culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Orlando Figes'' enthralling, richly evocative history has been heralded as a literary masterpiece on Russia, the lives of those who have shaped its culture, and the enduring spirit of a people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Wonderfully rich ... magnificent and compelling ... a delight to read''\u003cbr\u003e  Antony Beevor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''A tour de force by the great storyteller of modern Russian historians ... Figes mobilizes a cast of serf harems, dynasties, politburos, libertines, filmmakers, novelists, composers, poets, tsars and tyrants ... superb, flamboyant and masterful''\u003cbr\u003e  Simon Sebag-Montefiore, Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Awe-inspiring ... Natasha''s Dance has all the qualities of an epic tragedy''\u003cbr\u003e  Mail on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''It is so much fun to read that I hesitate to write too much, for fear of spoiling the pleasures and surprises of the book''\u003cbr\u003e  Sunday Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Magnificent ... Figes is at his exciting best''\u003cbr\u003e  Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Breathtaking ... The title of this masterly history comes from War and Peace, when the aristocratic heroine, Natasha Rostova, finds herself intuitively picking up the rhythm of a peasant dance ... One of those books that, at times, makes you wonder how you have so far managed to do without it''\u003cbr\u003e  Independent on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Thrilling, dizzying ... I would defy any reader not to be captivated''\u003cbr\u003e  Literary Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of Peasant Russia, Civil War, A People''s Tragedy, Natasha''s Dance, The Whisperers and Just Send Me Word. His books have been translated into over twenty languages.","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56992582271311,"sku":"9780140297966","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9780140297966_1-natashas-dance.jpg?v=1770613374","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/natashas-dance","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}