Excerpt from My Exile in Siberia, Vol. 1 of 2Thus Bestoujeff, the renowned conspirator of 1825, was obliged to publish his novels under the pseudonyme Marlinsky. When an edition Of his works was published, accompanied by a portrait of the author, dressed in the uniform of a common soldier, to which low rank he had been degraded, the Chief of the Secret Police was dis missed from his place for allowing this edition to. Appear.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.