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Valse des Fleurs recreates one glittering day in the life of St Petersburg in its heyday. It summons up a lost generation of courtiers, servants, guards, officials and dignitaries otherwise swept to oblivion by the Russian Revolution. Though slim enough to read on the train from Moscow, Valse des Fleurs has a haunting and evocative power. It is the perfect introduction to the Imperial capital of the Tsars.Sitwell, Sacheverell is the author of 'Valse des Fleurs: A Day in St. Petersburg in 1868 - Sacheverell Sitwell - Paperback' with ISBN 9781900209106 and ISBN 1900209101.
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