Title: Black slave becomes top Russian general
Review: An extraordinary, true story of the African slave who became the favourite general of one of Russia's greatest Tsars. The writer has endearingly woven the story of her own daring journey in his footsteps, from Africa to Sibera and back, with her well researched account of his life. All told with lots of humour and many lively conversations with people she meets on the way. A memorable, slightly eccentric travel book in the Chatwin/ Dalrymple mode.
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