The Life Written by Himself by Avvakum Petrov

The Life Written by Himself

Avvakum Petrov with Kenneth Brostrom (Translator)

288 pages first pub 1861 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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Moscow in the middle of the seventeenth century had a distinctly apocalyptic feel. An outbreak of the plague killed half the population. A solar eclipse and comet appeared in the sky, causing panic. And a religious reform movement intended to puri...

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