Rites of Spring Romanovs Forty-Seven Days is the definitive

Forty-Seven Days is the definitive account of the First Army’s hard-fought victory in World War I

he’s determined to keep her safe

and authoritative in presenting the big picture

and other secrets

On a summer day in 1914

Rites of Spring Romanovs Forty-Seven Days is the definitiveDescription by Modris Eksteins Paperback Dazzling in its originality, Rites of Spring probes the origins, impact, and aftermath of World War I, from the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring in 1913 to the death of Hitler in 1945. Recognizing that The Great War was the psychological turning point . . . for modernism as a whole, author Modris Eksteins examines the lives of ordinary people, works of modern literature, and pivotal historical