Dostoevsky and the Law

by Amy D. Ronner

In 1849, Fyodor Dostoevsky, already a known novelist, was arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for treason. After about eight months in prison, officials paraded him and others into a public square and tethered them to execution posts before a firing squad. Just before discharging their fatal shots, the soldiers received a command to halt. By order of Nicholas I, the great Russian novelist and fellow prisoners were spared and their death sentences...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611634172
• ISBN13: 9781611634174
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.3"