Echoes of a Native Land
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
An intimate portrait of 200 years of Russian history, drawing on the memoirs, letters and artwork of the author's family archives, discovered on a visit to the remote village of Sergievskoye. Schemann covers 19th century Russia with czar and church, peasants and masters; the revolution; then exile and destruction of the family estate.
