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'Monumental' Sunday Times

'A sweeping, judicious and elegant history of Moscow' Times Literary Supplement

'Marvellous ... a wonderful conjuring up of Russia's great capital' Helen Rappaport, author of Four Sisters

It is impossible to understand today's world without understanding Russia - and you can never truly know Russia without knowing its uniquely beguiling and elusive capital city. Moskva, a big village, the Third Rome.

From provincial fort to vast metropolis of immense geopolitical power, this is the spellbinding story of Moscow and an essential guide to a people and a nation. Drawing on a rich array of rarely seen records, acclaimed historian Simon Morrison traces a thousand years of Moscow's history - through invasions, war and peace; through famines, fires and pestilence; through tsars, revolutionaries and autocrats. A Kingdom and a Village unlocks the mysteries of Russia's past and the grim logic of its present like never before.

'Every page pulses with individual stories and historical insights' Mark Galeotti, author of A Short History of Russia

'A technicolour chronicle of Moscow' The Economist

'The erudition of A Kingdom and a Village ... is matched only by its readability' Financial Times

'Vivid and engaging ... Brings Moscow's streets to life' BBC History Magazine