Stella GhervasStella Ghervas is Professor of Russian History at Newcastle University, UK. She is the author of Réinventer la tradition: Alexandre Stourdza et l'Europe de la Sainte-Alliance (2008). The book was awarded the Guizot Prize of the AcadémieFrançaise in 2009, the Xenopol Prize of the Romanian Academy in 2010, the Prize and the Merit Diploma of the Academy of Moldova in 2009; it was also shortlisted in 2009 for the Grand Prix d'Histoire Chateaubriand (France). Read More Read Less