{"product_id":"i-vera","title":"I, Vera","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1870, Vera Gedroits was the gender-free and rebellious child of a Lithuanian prince and a Russo-German mother. She rejected women's clothes, used masculine pronouns, and became the world's first female professor of surgery. \u003cem\u003eI, Vera\u003c\/em\u003e brings this inspiring-at times infuriating-and unforgettable princess back to life. Acclaimed biographer Miranda Seymour tracks Vera's career as a fearless battlefield surgeon; tutor to women of the Romanov court; devoted partner to another woman after the Russian Revolution; and celebrated writer of prose. Seymour follows Vera-who positioned herself as an intrepid heroine, crossdresser, and champion of workers' rights-until, after being imprisoned and dismissed under Stalin's rule, she died penniless in 1932. From Russian wars, royal courts, and operating rooms across Europe, \u003cem\u003eI, Vera\u003c\/em\u003e restores an unforgettable, almost novelistic story of an extraordinary surgeon and storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57555413860725,"sku":"9781324075929","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/i-vera","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}