Jeffery, Inez Cope

Inside Russia: The Life and Times of Zoya Zarubina : For the First Time a Female Soviet Intelligence Officer Tells Her Story of Life, Love, and Triumph over personal(Signed)

Fine condition. Eakin Press, 1999. First US edition-first printing. The book is Signed on the title page by the Author and Zoya Zarubina with an inscription We wish you informative and enjoyable reading. Dark blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the edge of the spine) with Dj(a couple of small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Illustrated with b/w photos, map. The book is new with light shelf wear inside the edge of the Dj cover. 187pp including Foreword, index. A collectable signed first edition. From Library Journal: Jeffery, editor of Society (1975-82), wrote this book for middle America in hopes that personal and professional sharing will strike a note of accord, thereby helping more of us to understand how alike we are. The writing is cumbersome and seems to change from autobiography to biography at the whim of the author, even within chapters. While Zarubina, a former Soviet Intelligence Officer and interpreter, claims to have harbored secret peace and coexistence leanings, it stretches credulity to believe that a functionary of the Soviet government with close ties to Stalin would voluntarily admit to such beliefs or even have them until safer times. The story, following her career from the War to December 1998, adds to the overall knowledge of Soviet diplomacy and serves to elevate the status of women in present-day Russia; some peripheral information is given about how plans for the atomic bomb ended up in the USSR in 1948. Interesting but not compelling; an optional purchase for academic and public libraries. Signed by the Author. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 9781571683090

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Keywords: Biographies & Memoirs : Political Vasilyevna Translators Biography 1925 Union History 1953 1985 : : personal() 9781571683090

TAYLOR (Miss Elizabeth):

Authentic Memoirs of Mrs Clarke, in which is pourtrayed the Secret History of Intrigues of Many Characters in the First Circles of Fashion and High Life. And containing the whole of Her Correspondence, During the Time she live under the Protection of His Royal Highness The Duke of York, The gallant Duke's Love Letters, And other interesting Papers Never Before Published.

London: Printed for Thomas Tegg..., 1809. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, 163 x 97 ms., pp. [iv], 212, including half-title, engraved coloured frontispiece, contemporary half calf, marble boards, gilt spine, black leather label; front joint slightly cracked, other slight wear to binding. "Mrs. Clarke" was, of course, Mary Anne Clarke (born Mary Anne Thompson, 1776 - 1852). She left her husband, a stonemason, when he went bankrupt, and came to the notice of Frederick Duke of York, becoming his mistress in 1803. Wikipedia reports, "Taking her as his mistress, he set her up in a fashionable residence in Gloucester Place in Marylebone.[3] However, he failed to supply the funds necessary to support their lavish lifestyle.[1] In 1809, a national scandal arose when Clarke testified before the House of Commons that she had sold army commissions with the Duke of York's knowledge." She was prosecuted for libel in 1813 and spent nine months in jail. She lived for a while in Loughton Lodge, Loughton, Essex, and a blue plaque commerates her residence there. She was much mocked and satarized during her time with the Duke of York, and Isaac Cruikshank made several caricatures of her,.

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