High Society Dinners by Yuri Lotman, Jelena Pogosjan - 9781903018989

Name: High Society Dinners by Yuri Lotman, Jelena Pogosjan - 9781903018989
Brand: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

High Society Dinners offers extraordinary insight into the domestic arrangements of the Russian aristocracy, presenting nine months' worth of menus served in St Petersburg to the guests of Petr Durnovo (1835 - 1918), Adjutant-General of the Tsar's Imperial Suite, part of an important late-19th-century dynasty that included ministers and high officials. The menus themselves would be useful enough for what they reveal about culinary culture in Russia, but Yuri Lotman's commentary is invaluable, dissecting the dining rituals and the social circles of the participants. Durnovo's menus and guest lists, interspersed with extracts from family letters and the leading newspapers and journals of the day, set in context the domestic and gastronomic underpinnings of life in this group at the heart of\n\nHigh Society Dinners\nDining in Tsarist Russia\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note: the pri;