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The cavalry maiden
journals of a Russian officer in the Napoleonic Wars
By Zirin, Mary Fleming
- ISBN
- 978-0-25331-372-0
- Publisher
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1988.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 1988
This fascinating memoir of a Russian woman soldier of the 19th century is presented for the first time in two independent English translations, each a graceful rendering of the original Russian. Nadezhda Durova (1783-1866), a young woman of the gentry, spurned her family, disguised herself as a man, and joined the Russian cavalry. She fought with distinction in the Napoleonic Wars and served from 1807 until her...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
