Diplomacy and Murder in Tehran: Alexander Griboyedov and Imperial Russia's Mission to the Shah of Persia - Hardcover

Kelly, Laurence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1860646662 ISBN 13: 9781860646669

Publisher: I.B. Tauris, 2002

Synopsis

When the Tehran mob broke into the Russian embassy and murdered its diplomats, the dead toll included one of the most brilliant and promising stars in the early 19th-century Russian literary and political firmament: Alexander Griboyedov. In this first biography of Griboyedov in English, Laurence Kelly paints a vivid picture of his remarkable literary and diplomatic gifts which were nevertheless overshadowed by tragedy. His book makes an invaluable contribution to the diplomatic history of Russia, the Caucasus, and Iran, while at the same time shedding much new light on the life and works of a writer and diplomat of considerable importance.

About this title

Book Description:

In this first biography of Alexander Griboyedov in English, Laurence Kelly paints a vivid picture of a man of remarkable literary talent and diplomatic gifts that were nevertheless overshadowed by ill-fortune. Involved in the 1825 Decembrist plot to overthrow the Tsarist state and the mission to further Russia's expansionist agenda in the Caucasus, the famous writer was eventually murdered by zealous mobs in Tehran. This book makes an invaluable contribution to the diplomatic history of Russia, the Caucasus and Iran and celebrates the life and works of a writer who was among ninteenth-century Russia's most respected and prominent writers.

About the Author:

Laurence Kelly is the author of a biography of Lermontov.

About this edition

• Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1860646662
• ISBN 13: 9781860646669
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 314