Professor Martens' Departure
by:
Jaan Kross (author)
Anselm Hollo (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781860460043 (1860460046)
Publish date: May 4th 1995
Publisher: The Harvill 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 ...