{"product_id":"the-czars-madman-9788178245560","title":"The Czars Madman","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jaan Kross\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Czar’s Madman\u003c\/em\u003e has been widely recognised as one of the finest historical novels ever written. It tells the story of a Baltic nobleman, Timo von Bock, a contemporary of Beethoven and Goethe, who on account of his radically egalitarian beliefs scandalises his fellow aristocrats as well as one of his supposedly good friends – the Russian Czar Alexander I. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInspired by the ideals of the French Revolution, which are spreading across northern Europe, von Bock seems to take leave of his senses when he marries a peasant girl and proclaims the need for a revolution from above: he asks the czar to rule not by regal decree but by institutionalised law. For this political heresy, von Bock is incarcerated in a castle for nine years and then placed under house arrest within his own estate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe relationship between von Bock and his spirited wife Eeva – who is in every sense the equal of her husband – is the centre-point of this Tolstoyan masterpiece. By its immersion in the social lives and political conversations of town and countryside, Jaan Kross’ novel captures post-Napoleonic ferment in the Russian and German borderlands more poignantly and magnificently than almost any other. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45616477798551,"sku":"9788178245560","price":427.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9788178245560.webp?v=1769294896","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-czars-madman-9788178245560","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}