Angel of Vengeance: The Girl Assassin, the Governor of St. Petersburg, and Russia's Revolutionary World by Ana Siljak

Angel of Vengeance: The Girl Assassin, the Governor of St. Petersburg, and Russia's Revolutionary World

Ana Siljak

384 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
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In the Russian winter of 1878 a shy, aristocratic young woman named Vera Zasulich walked into the office of the governor of St. Petersburg, pulled a revolver from underneath her shawl, and shot General Fedor Trepov point blank.  “Revenge!,” she cr...

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