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Orlando Figes on the transformation of Europe

Orlando Figes describes the cultural transformations of 19th-century Europe through the lives of a remarkable menage a trois

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883) (Photo by Getty Images)

Historian and author Orlando Figes talks about his latest book, The Europeans, which explores the cultural transformations of the 19th century through the lives of a remarkable menage a trois

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