Prince A. M. Kurbsky's History of Ivan IV

by John L.I. Fennell and Andrei Kurbsky

Prince A. M. Kurbsky's History of the Grand Prince of Moscow describes the reign of Iran IV from 1533 to the early 1570s. Written probably in 1573, nine years after Kurbsky deserted to Poland-Lithuania, it is the earliest attempt at a historical monograph in Russian. It is a vivid and at times revealing eye-witness account of the first half of the Tsar's reign, and is important for its true picture of the age and for the amount of factual detail it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521088429
• ISBN13: 9780521088428
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"