Between Heaven and Hell. The Story of a Thousand Years of Artistic Life in Russia by Lincoln, W. Bruce - 1999

New York: Penguin Books, 1999. xv, 511pp, index, bw & col ills. Some bug spotting on top edge otherwise an excellent copy. Explores ten centuries of artistic endeavor in Russia. He focuses on novelists Dostoevskii, Tolstoi, and Nabokov; poets Pushkin and Joseph Brodsky; composers Musorgskii and Chaikovskii; painters Marc Chagall and Natalia Goncharova- as well as lesser known artists considered by the Russians to be among their greatest talents. Also looks at the silent mysteries of Byzantine Christianity, the splendor of the tsar's courts, the building of great cathedrals and even the development of the language itself.. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.