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Push not the river
By Martin, James Lenial
- ISBN
- 978-0-31231-150-6
- Publisher
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2003.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on September 15, 2003
At the end of the 18th century, the Polish nobility watched nervously as French peasants toppled their king. Some nobles advocated reforms extending rights to the lower classes, while others insisted on maintaining absolute power even though it entailed aligning themselves with Catherine, empress of Russia. Against this tumultuous background, Countess Anna Maria Berekowska faces her own turmoil. Left an orphan at 17, she moves to ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
