Nadezhda Durova
The Cavalry Maiden: Journals of a Russian Officer in the Napoleonic Wars.
Indiana University Press, 1989. Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies. Second printing. Translation, introduction, and notes by Mary Fleming Zirin. 0253205492 xxxvii/242 pages.
Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.5", exhibits light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Previous owner's name and date (1991) appear at top of half title page. Pages are clean and bright. Illustrated with a portrait of the author and a map entitled "Durova's Russia, 1806-1816".
In male guise, Nadezhda Durova served ten years in the Russian cavalry. "The Cavalry Maiden" is a lively narrative which appeals in our own time as a unique and gripping contribution to the literature of female experience.