{"product_id":"9781590175347","title":"Letters from Russia","description":"The Marquis de Custine’s record of his trip to Russia in 1839 is a  brilliantly perceptive, even prophetic, account of one of the world’s  most fascinating and troubled countries. It is also a wonderful piece of  travel writing. Custine, who met with people in all walks of life,  including the Czar himself, offers vivid descriptions of St. Petersburg  and Moscow, of life at court and on the street, and of the impoverished  Russian countryside. But together with a wealth of sharply delineated  incident and detail, Custine’s great work also presents an indelible  picture—roundly denounced by both Czarist and Communist regimes—of a  country crushed by despotism and “intoxicated with slavery.”     \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLetters from Russia\u003c\/i\u003e, here published in a new edition  prepared by Anka Muhlstein, the author of the Goncourt Prize-winning  biography of Custine, stands with Tocqueville’s \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/i\u003e as a profound and passionate encounter with historical forces that are still very much at work in the world today.","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137970225392,"sku":"9781590175347","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590175347_p0.jpg?v=1763809646","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590175347","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}