Artists, Writers, and Diplomats’ Wives

Evelyn M. Cherpak holds a PhD in Latin American history. She has taught courses in Latin American history and the role of women in Latin America at Salve Regina University, the University of Rhode Island, and the Naval War College, where she served as archivist and curator of special collections. Author of over fifty historical and bibliographical articles, this is her fifth book.

Variously seeking amusement, adventure, patronage, enlightenment and truth, Cherpak’s women travelers bring the Russian Empire back to life in fascinating detail. They reveal the sublimity and ghastliness of Russia in epochal times, and also their own hopes and dreams, prejudices and fears. Artists, Writers, and Diplomats’ Wives is engrossing and informative, for students, scholars, and general readers.