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DIMBLEBY, JONATHAN: : RUSSIA: A JOURNEY TO THE HEART OF A LAND AND ITS PEOPLE. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.BBC BOOKS/EBURY PUBLISHING,2008.

ISBN 9780563539124.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink dedication and signature: 'To Britt Jonathan Dimbleby' to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major tears present.A small closed tear/nick with concomitant creasing to rear,lower edge of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked bronze gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a red+white striped headband and immaculate grey and b/w map (Russian Federation) illustrated eps.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix -xipp+1-564pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,author's introduction,Pts 1-5, historical timeline,32pp contemporary colour scenic and auto+biographical photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp84/5,pp212/13, pp340/41 and pp468/69 respectively,a couple of b/w maps,a select bibliography,an index,picture credits; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,a dedication,and contents list/table. An uncommon author SIGNED item. Winston Churchill famously described Russia as 'a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma'. Even today it remains a country little understood by the West.But as a resurgent world power,with an energy-rich economy,we ignore Russia at our peril. In this timely (then 2008) and revealing portrait,distinguished author and broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby crosses eight time zones and covers 10,000 miles, from Murmansk in the Arctic Circle to the Asian city of Vladivostok,in an attempt to get beneath the skin of modern Russia. ravelling by road,rail and boat,his epic journey takes him from the neo-classical splendour of St Petersburg to remote and inaccessible parts of Siberia.At the heart of this magisterial account are Jonathan's encounters with a diverse range of ordinary Russians - from urban intellectuals and the new class of entrepreneurs,to impoverished peasants and Russia's ethnic minorities struggling to cling to their distinctive identities. Jonathan was the only British television journalist to interview President Gorbachev during the Cold War,and,returning to Russia for the first time since those days,he discovers a land transformed.But despite economic progress, he finds aspects of Russian society deeply troubling,and takes an unflinchingly critical look at the way Russia has been run during the Putin years. For Jonathan,crossing the immense Russian landmass became as much an interior journey as an exterior one,and the book contains painfully honest passages as he struggles to meet the challenges of an arduous film trip against the backdrop of great turbulence in his personal life. Filled with a dazzling array of historical and literary references,'Russia - A Journey to the Heart of a Land and its People.' is a riveting and illuminating account of modern Russia. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
'To Britt Jonathan Dimbleby'

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