Nadezhda Durova,Mary Fleming Zirin,ÐÐ°Ð´ÐµÐ¶Ð´Ð° Ð”ÑƒÑ€Ð¾Ð²Ð°
..". sparkles with wit, intelligence and bold characterization." --Women's Review of Books,..". a ripping yarn... admirable translation... sensitive introductory essay." --Times Literary Supplement,..". a remarkable journal worthy of the attention of a wide audience." --Doris Grumbach, National Public Radio,In male guise, Nadezhda Durova served ten years in the Russian cavalry. The Cavalry Maiden is a lively narrative which appeals in our own time as a unique and gripping contribution to the literature of female experience.
History,Nonfiction,Cultural,Russia,Literature,19th Century,Autobiography,Memoir,Biography,Literature,Russian Literature,Womens,War,History,Russian History
The Cavalry Maiden: Journals of a Russian Officer in the Napoleonic Wars