Cat.No: 267629 Alleged Sex and Threatened Violence: Doctor Russel, Bishop Vladimir, and the Russians in San Francisco, 1887 - 1892 [inscribed & signed]. Terence Emmons.

Alleged Sex and Threatened Violence: Doctor Russel, Bishop Vladimir, and the Russians in San Francisco, 1887 - 1892 [inscribed & signed]

Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. Paperback. xiv+251p., note on dates, preface, notes, index, illustrations, personal inscription to Martin Malia signed by the author as Terry, pencil notes and brackets throughout else good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps.

Story of the bizarre episodes following the arrival of Russian Orthodox Bishop Vladimir to San Francisco in 1888 and the allegations of sodomy, child abuse, pederasty and attempted murder, arson and perjury which arose from a feud with the Russian revolutionary exile Dr. Russel. Martin Malia was an American historian specializing in Russian history.

Cat.No: 267629
ISBN: 0804727686

Price: $25.00