Bibliograph

The Europeans, three lives and the making of a cosmopolitan culture, Orlando Figes

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The Europeans, three lives and the making of a cosmopolitan culture, Orlando Figes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsportraitsplatesmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Europeans

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Orlando Figes

Sub title

three lives and the making of a cosmopolitan culture

Summary

The Europeans is a richly enthralling, panoramic cultural history of nineteenth-century Europe, told through the intertwined lives of three remarkable people - a great singer, Pauline Viardot, a great writer, Ivan Turgenev, and a great connoisseur, Pauline's husband Louis. Their ambitious lives and complex loves were bound up with an astonishing array of writers, composers and painters all trying to make their way through the exciting, prosperous European cultural landscape that came about as a result of huge economic and technological change. This culture - through trains, telegraphs and printing - allowed artists of all kinds to exchange ideas and make a living, as they travelled across the whole continent from the British Isles to Imperial Russia

Target audience

adult

Creator