Peterburg v sud’be Genrikha Shlimana (Petersburg in the Fate of Heinrich Schliemann)
St. Petersburg: Kolo, 2006. sewn cl., For this monograph the author has examined sources of all kinds in an attempt to demystify Schliemann’s career. The biographical study looks at Schliemann’s great commercial success in Russia, which would fund his archeological explorations, and his self-education, his ability to form ties with scholars and learned societies in the Russian capital. In the process Gavrilov provides a detailed case history of nineteenth-century scholarly and cultural interaction between Russia, its intellectuals and institutions, and Western Europe. 447 pp., 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins., 35 b-&-w illus., Rus. with summary in German. Item #474
ISBN: 9785901841464
Price: $36.00