Description:
The Bentham Brothers and Russia chronicles the brothers' involvement with the Russian Empire, when Jeremy focused his legislative hopes on Catherine's grandson Emperor Alexander I and Samuel found a unique opportunity in 1806 to build a Panopticon in St Petersburg.
Brief description: Roger Bartlett is emeritus professor of Russian history in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at UCL.
Review Quotes:
'...this volume, based on an unparalleled reading of archival sources, is a splendid achievement that is likely to serve for the foreseeable future as the definitive account of the Bentham's Russian exploits.'
The Journal of Comparative Law