Count Eduard Ivanovich Totleben. His life and work. In 2 volumes

Nikolai Karlovich Schilder (1842-1902) is the largest specialist in Russian history and author of a number of fundamental monographs.
This publication presents a description of the life of the brilliant Russian fortififier Eduard Ivanovich Totleben, the hero of Sevastopol and Plevna, with whom the author was associated with long -term personal and official relations. Labor was written in a clear figurative language, its main dignity is a skillful psychological analysis, careful and accurate criticism of historiography and sources, the use of little -known materials on political, military, diplomatic history. It deepens the historical understanding of the second half of the 19th century, abandoning the one -sidedness of simple praise, and allows you to get a clear and true idea of ​​the described era, events and personalities.
The publication in two volumes is accompanied by a set of cards and drawings, the exact copies of the originals of 1885-1886. The uniqueness of the publication is a complete translation of all letters and documents that were given in French in the original of the 19th century.
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