'Russia in the Age of Alexander II, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky' is both history and story, incorporating in its analysis of Alexander II's turbulent reign the lives and ideas of the period's great writers, thinkers and revolutionaries who made this the Golden Age of Russian literature and thought. In his combination of considerable biographical material with the presentation of the main ideas of the era's chief writers and thinkers, Walter G. Moss has written a history that is of interest not only to scholars and students of the period, but also to more general readers.
Доста разпиляна книга. Ту се фокусира върху интелектуалците в империята, ту в "Земя и воля", ту във фамилии с власт и държавни длъжности. В 300 стр. това може да се случи само хаотично и повърхностно, както и на практика е станало.