1799-1837

"With the writers of the Golden Age as her guides-Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol, and Turgenev, among others-Sara Wheeler searches for a Russia not in the news, traveling from rinsed northwestern beet fields and the Far Eastern Arctic tundra to the cauldron of nationalities, religions, and languages in the Caucasus. Bypassing major cities as much as possible, she goes instead to the places associated with the country's literary masters"--Jacket flap.

Chronicles the life of Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin, discussing his childhood in Moscow, expulsion from St. Petersburg, seven-year exile, marriage, and writings.

A biography of the first Russian writer to write in the Russian language, a poet who was often called the "Father of Russian Literature.".