The Russian album [The broken path -- Mother and daughter -- Father and son -- Paul and Natasha -- Petrograd -- The Caucasus -- Savage lands afar -- The little fools ]

New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1987, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 191 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0670810576; 9780670810574 LCCN: 86-45855 ; LC: CT1217.I38; Dewey: 947/.65; B ; OCLC: 15594820 ; "Elisabeth Sifton books."/ Includes index. ; "Winner of the Royal Society of Literature Award" Ignatieff chronicles five generations of his Russian family, beginning in 1815. Drawing on family diaries, on the contemplation of intriguing photographs in an old family album, and on stories passed down from father to son, he comes to terms with the meaning of his family's memories and histories. Focusing on his grandparents, Count Paul Ignatieff and Princess Natasha Mestchersky, he recreates their lives before, during, and after the Russian Revolution. ; Michael Ignatieff, born in Toronto in 1947. But at the age of 11, Ignatieff was sent to Toronto to attend Upper Canada College as a boarder in 1959. At UCC, Ignatieff was elected a school prefect as Head of Wedd's House, was the captain of the varsity soccer team, and served as editor-in-chief of the school's yearbook. As well, Ignatieff volunteered for the Liberal Party during the 1965 federal election by canvassing the York South riding. He resumed his work for the Liberal Party in 1968, as a national youth organizer and party delegate for the Pierre Elliott Trudeau party leadership campaign. He then went on to continue his education at the University of Toronto and Harvard and Cambridge universities. In 1976, Ignatieff completed his Ph.D in History at Harvard University. He was granted a Cambridge M.A. by incorporation in 1978 on taking up a fellowship at King's College there. Michael Ignatieff has written television programs for the BBC, novels, and works of nonfiction. He has also authored essays and reviews for several publications including The New York Times. From 1990-93, he wrote a weekly column on international affairs for The Observer. His family memoir, The Russian Album, received Canada's Governor General Award in 1988. His second novel, Scar Tissue, was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 1993. Other nonfiction works include A Just Measure of Pain, the Penitentiary in the Industrial Revolution and the Warrior's Honor: Ethic War and the Modern Conscience. ; Contents: The broken path -- Mother and daughter -- Father and son -- Paul and Natasha -- Petrograd -- The Caucasus -- Savage lands afar -- The little fools ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, labels, VG.