A book by the famous British historian was not published in Russia because the Moscow publisher discovered too many errors and misrepresentations—not, as Figes suggested, for political reasons. By ...

Figes (Natasha’s Dance: A Cultural History of Russia) weaves this excellent, wide-ranging history of 19th-century Europe around three people: the opera singer Pauline Viardot (1821–1910); her husband, ...

Even if one takes nothing else away from this elegant, tightly focused survey of Russian culture, it's impossible to forget the telling little anecdotes that University of London history professor ...

For decades Russians old enough to remember Stalinism despaired whenever a foreigner asked: How was life in those times? The best way to respond was to roll one's eyes and spread one's arms. Where to ...

The future of one of Britain's leading historians was looking increasingly uncertain tonight after he admitted that he was the author of anonymous reviews that praised his own work as "fascinating" ...

She explored life after childbirth, marriage, infidelity and other topics, and recalled a difficult relationship with her mother, also a feminist author. By Hephzibah Anderson LONDON — Kate Figes, a ...

I have no idea what got into Orlando Figes earlier this year when he started posting anonymous reviews attacking fellow historians while praising his own work. I can only report that this fine writer ...

Sign up for the best picks from our travel, fashion and lifestyle writers. Next month sees the publication of Orlando Figes's history of the Crimean war, Crimea: The ...

Orlando Figes, the award-winning historian who admitted to writing a series of anonymous attacks of his rivals' books, has a history of litigious academic spats. The historian unmasked himself as the ...

Orlando Figes, the historian, has agreed to pay damages and costs to two academics after writing critical anonymous reviews of their books on Amazon, the shopping website. 17 July 2010 • 8:30am ...

London Re Peter Reddaway and Stephen F. Cohen’s June 11 “Dishonoring Stalin’s Victims,” about my 2007 book The Whisperers: in a book as large and complex as The Whisperers unintended errors are not ...