Professor Martens' Departure
by:
Jaan Kross (author)
Anselm Hollo (author)
Professor Martens is an elder statesman who has dutifully served the czarist regime. Near the end of his career and of his life, Martens is once again summoned to St. Petersberg. Traveling by train from his home in Parn, he recalls his life of public service only to realize the terrible personal...
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Professor Martens is an elder statesman who has dutifully served the czarist regime. Near the end of his career and of his life, Martens is once again summoned to St. Petersberg. Traveling by train from his home in Parn, he recalls his life of public service only to realize the terrible personal price he has paid and that he has helped perpetuate a brutal regime in his Baltic homeland.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781565841116 (1565841115)
Publish date: May 1st 1995
Publisher: The New Press
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
A few chapters into this book, I was scrambling for Google. What I discovered is that this novel's protagonist, Professor Martens, was a real historical figure, an international law expert in the Russian court of the early 20th Century. He was an important figure in numerous important international ...
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