The Life Written by Himself by Avvakum Petrov

The Life Written by Himself

Avvakum Petrov with Kenneth N. Brostrom (Translator)

288 pages first pub 1861 (view 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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