{"product_id":"history-of-the-russian-state-volume-xii-9798197046741","title":"History of the Russian State: Volume XII","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tim Budds | Nikolai Karamzin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Russia - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the last volume of Karamzin's \u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e, and was left unfinished. It covers the latter part of the \u003ci\u003eTime of Troubles\u003c\/i\u003e, a period of brutal civil war compounded by foreign intervention. Vasily Shuisky is crowned as Tsar, but his reign is shaken by an uprising led by a pretender to the throne, the second False Dmitry. With foreign assistance, rebels seize most of the country; later, Polish troops occupy the capital. Karamzin depicts the horrors of war, siege, and famine unflinchingly, but also shows heroism amongst the defenders of the state, who ultimately triumph.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891993198743,"sku":"9798197046741","price":1241.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798197046741.webp?v=1781185395","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/history-of-the-russian-state-volume-xii-9798197046741","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}