GREY, Ian - Boris Godunov : The Tragic Tsar - (Hardcover in Wrapper)

This scarce book did belong to a library before - Book and wrapper still very good - Some photo illustrations - Excellent index behind - Map os Russia at the close of the 16th Century on endpapers.     >>>      Ian Grey (5 May 1918 5 June 1996) was a New Zealand-born historian of Russian history.    -    He began his career as a lawyer, a member of the New South Wales Bar. In 1941 he joined the Australian navy and was posted at Naval Intelligence of the Admiralty in London, then serving in the Soviet Union as an officer. He served for two and a half years in the Russian north, acting as a liaison for British Destroyers of the Soviet Navy in the Arctic. He also served as Deputy Secretary-General and the editor of publications of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Headquarters Secretariat from 1966 until his retirement. In 1971 he established the Parliamentary Information and Reference Centre.  >>>    Borís Fyodorovich Godunóv 1552- 1605  ruled Russia  1585 to 1598