by Vladimir Fédorovski · Editions du Rocher · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782268044392
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«Le Roman de Saint-Pétersbourg» is a historical essay by Vladimir Fédorovski, published by Editions du Rocher in paperback (267 pages, in French).
A journey through the sentimental history of Saint Petersburg, from its foundation by Peter I to the poets of the Silver Age. The author combines the lives of emperors such as Catherine II and Potemkin with writers like Pushkin, Dostoevsky and Balzac, drawing on Russian archives and unpublished testimonies to trace a chronicle of the «Venice of the North».
The edition dates from 2003 and was published on the occasion of the tercentenary of Saint Petersburg. The subtitle is «Les amours au bord de la Néva».
For readers interested in the history of Russia and in the sentimental lives of emperors, writers and artists linked to Saint Petersburg.
Russian diplomat and politician, then French writer and historian
