Tolstoy: The Making of a Novelist (A Studio book) - Hardcover

Crankshaw, Edward

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670718610 ISBN 13: 9780670718610

Publisher: The Viking Press, 1974

Synopsis

Viking Press, 1974. Cloth. First Edition.

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About the Author:

Edward Crankshaw (1909-1984) was a British writer, translator and commentator on Soviet affairs. Born in London, Crankshaw was educated in the nonconformist public school Bishop's Stortford College in Hertfordshire. He started working as a journalist for a few months at The Times. In the 1930s he lived in Vienna, Austria, teaching English and learning German (his competent grasp of German caused him to become part of the British Intelligence service during World War II). On his return he went back to write for The Times and began to write reviews—mostly musical—for The Spectator, The Bookman, and other periodicals. Crankshaw wrote around 40 books on Austrian and Russian subjects and after the war began his research in much more depth. Crankshaw's book on Nazi terror, Gestapo (1956), was widely read and in 1963 he began to produce the ambitious literary works, often on historical or monumental moments in Russian Political history.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Viking Press
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 0670718610
• ISBN 13: 9780670718610
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 276