Prince Serebrenni
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| Author | Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy |
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| Original title | Князь Серебряный |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre | historical novel |
| Publisher | Russky vestnik / Chapmann & Hall |
Publication date | 1862 |
| Publication place | Russia |
| Media type | print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-543-95808-6 |
Prince Serebrenni (Russian: Князь Серебряный) is a historical novel by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, written in 1859–1861 and first published in The Russian Messenger magazine in 1862 (Nos. 8-10, August–October issues) where it was divided into parts I (chapters 1-19, in No. 8) and II (chapters 20-40, Nos. 9 and 10). Translated by Princess Galitzine for Chapmann & Hall, it came out in English in 1874.
Prince Serebrenni (also known as The Silver Knight, according to the alternative translation), a novel about 16th-century Russia, inspired by the works of Sir Walter Scott and the German Romantics, has become a popular young adult novel in Russia. Acknowledging its limits as a historical document, critics invariably praised the way it "imbued the readership with the ideas of justice, honesty, nobleness and human dignity."