Glorious Misadventures: Nikolai Rezanov and the Dream of a Russian America | 
pickWhat a strange tale. Rezanov was a Russian bureaucrat, who as a widower in his forties and as director of Russia's American Company convinces the Tsar to appoint him the ambassador to Japan a role that did not exist and which the Japanese did not want. What followed was vanity, madness, humiliation, a trip to the heart of darkness in Russia's Alaska colonies and a romance with the 15 year old daughter of the governor of Spanish San Diego.
Oblomov26 Oh and a declaration of war against Japan which was unknown by the Tsar and his government. And what makes it all stranger is that it is all true 8y
ValerieAndBooks Truth is stranger than fiction right?! 8y
Oblomov26 @ValerieAndBooks exactly Twains comment about fiction needing to stick to reality 8y
