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Book club edition. Translated by Michael Glenny. Map endpapers. Textblock edges lightly foxed, boards with modest edgewear, spine with a tiny tear at foot, very good in an about very good dust jacket with small abrasions on front panel and spine, modest wear to the extremities and a few shallow tears. First English publication of the Nobel Prize-winning author's novel, a mix of fiction and history recounting Russia's entrance into World War I.

DJ price clipped and with light wear.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 622 pages.

Very Good condition. (Historical Fiction, Battle of Tannenberg, War Stories)

This major work, is set at the outbreak of the First World War, and its moral concern is to establish the responsibility for Russia's defeat in the battle of Tannenberg. Limiting itself to the first two weeks of the war, the novel describes the Russian offensive into East Prussia, which resulted in the encirclement and defeat of Gen. Samsonov's 2nd Army by Hindenburg. This disaster revealed the dry rot at the core of Tsarism and hastened its downfall. " Drawing of Solzhenitsyn by Karl W. Stuecklen on back of DJ. DJ price clipped and edge wear.

Book club edition. Translated by Michael Glenny. Map endpapers. Textblock edges lightly foxed, boards with modest edgewear, spine with a tiny tear at foot, very good in an about very good dust jacket with small abrasions on front panel and spine, modest wear to the extremities and a few shallow tears. First English publication of the Nobel Prize-winning author's novel, a mix of fiction and history recounting Russia's entrance into World War I.

DJ price clipped and with light wear.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 622 pages.

Size: 82x23x123; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!