books.google.de - Alexander Herzen's own brilliance and the extraordinary circumstances of his life combine to place his memoirs among the greatest works of the modern era. Born in 1812, the illegitimate son of a wealthy Russian landowner, he became one of the most important revolutionary and intellectual figures of his...http://books.google.de/books/about/My_past_and_thoughts_the_memoirs_of_Alex.html?hl=de&id=bkKlld-8nQwC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareMy past and thoughts : the memoirs of Alexander Herzen