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Book Synopsis In Love With the Czarina, and Other Stories by : Mór Jókai
Download or read book In Love With the Czarina, and Other Stories written by Mór Jókai and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "In Love With the Czarina, and Other Stories" by Mór Jókai. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Alexandra written by Carolly Erickson and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Alexandra’s story is heartbreaking” and this New York Times–bestselling author “excels in the details” in this biography of the last Russian Empress (Chicago Tribune). Taking advantage of material unavailable until the fall of the Soviet Union, Erickson portrays Alexandra’s story as a closely observed, enthrallingly documented, progressive psychological retreat from reality. The lives of the Romanovs were full of color and drama, but the personal life of Alexandra has remained enigmatic. Under Erickson’s masterful scrutiny the full dimensions of the Empresses’ singular psychology are revealed: her childhood bereavement, her long struggle to attain her romantic goal of marriage to Nicholas, the anguish of her pathological shyness, her struggles with her in-laws, her false pregnancy, her increasing eccentricities and loss of self as she became more preoccupied with matters of faith, and her increasing dependence on a series of occult mentors, the most notorious of whom was Rasputin. With meticulous care, long practiced skill, and generous imagination, Erickson crafts a character who lives and breathes. “Entertaining. . . . One of the book’s strengths is its emphasis on the private life of the court.” —Publishers Weekly “Carrolly Erickson is one of the most accomplished and successful historical biographers writing in English.” —London Times Literary Supplement
Download or read book Tsarina written by Ellen Alpsten and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Makes Game of Thrones look like a nursery rhyme." —Daisy Goodwin, New York Times bestselling author of The Fortune Hunter “[Alpsten] recounts this remarkable woman’s colourful life and times." —Count Nikolai Tolstoy, historian and author Before there was Catherine the Great, there was Catherine Alexeyevna: the first woman to rule Russia in her own right. Ellen Alpsten's rich, sweeping debut novel is the story of her rise to power. St. Petersburg, 1725. Peter the Great lies dying in his magnificent Winter Palace. The weakness and treachery of his only son has driven his father to an appalling act of cruelty and left the empire without an heir. Russia risks falling into chaos. Into the void steps the woman who has been by his side for decades: his second wife, Catherine Alexeyevna, as ambitious, ruthless and passionate as Peter himself. Born into devastating poverty, Catherine used her extraordinary beauty and shrewd intelligence to ingratiate herself with Peter’s powerful generals, finally seducing the Tsar himself. But even amongst the splendor and opulence of her new life—the lavish feasts, glittering jewels, and candle-lit hours in Peter’s bedchamber—she knows the peril of her position. Peter’s attentions are fickle and his rages powerful; his first wife is condemned to a prison cell, her lover impaled alive in Red Square. And now Catherine faces the ultimate test: can she keep the Tsar’s death a secret as she plays a lethal game to destroy her enemies and take the Crown for herself? From the sensuous pleasures of a decadent aristocracy, to the incense-filled rites of the Orthodox Church and the terror of Peter’s torture chambers, the intoxicating and dangerous world of Imperial Russia is brought to vivid life. Tsarina is the story of one remarkable woman whose bid for power would transform the Russian Empire.
Book Synopsis The Romanov Empress by : C. W. Gortner
Download or read book The Romanov Empress written by C. W. Gortner and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For readers of Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir comes a dramatic novel of the beloved Empress Maria, the Danish princess who became the mother of the last Russian tsar. “This epic tale is captivating and beautifully told.”—Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours Barely nineteen, Minnie knows that her station in life as a Danish princess is to leave her family and enter into a royal marriage—as her older sister Alix has done, moving to England to wed Queen Victoria’s eldest son. The winds of fortune bring Minnie to Russia, where she marries the Romanov heir, Alexander, and once he ascends the throne, becomes empress. When resistance to his reign strikes at the heart of her family and the tsar sets out to crush all who oppose him, Minnie—now called Maria—must tread a perilous path of compromise in a country she has come to love. Her husband’s death leaves their son Nicholas as the inexperienced ruler of a deeply divided and crumbling empire. Determined to guide him to reforms that will bring Russia into the modern age, Maria faces implacable opposition from Nicholas’s strong-willed wife, Alexandra, whose fervor has led her into a disturbing relationship with a mystic named Rasputin. As the unstoppable wave of revolution rises anew to engulf Russia, Maria will face her most dangerous challenge and her greatest heartache. From the opulent palaces of St. Petersburg and the intrigue-laced salons of the aristocracy to the World War I battlefields and the bloodied countryside occupied by the Bolsheviks, C. W. Gortner sweeps us into the anarchic fall of an empire and the complex, bold heart of the woman who tried to save it. Praise for The Romanov Empress “Timely . . . [Gortner’s] ability to weave what reads as a simple tale from such complex historical and familial storylines is impressive. . . . Maria’s life as a royal reads like a historical soap opera.”—USA Today “Gortner, an experienced hand at recreating the unique aura of a particular time and place, will deftly sweep historical-fictions fans into this glamorous, turbulent, and ultimately tragic chapter in history.”—Booklist (starred review) “Mesmerizing . . . This insightful first-person account of the downfall of the Romanov rule . . . is the powerful story of a mother trying to save her family and an aristocrat fighting to maintain rule in a country of rebellion.”—Publishers Weekly “A twist on the tragic story you’ve heard many times before.”—Bustle
Book Synopsis Annual Report by : Lancaster (Mass.). Town Library
Download or read book Annual Report written by Lancaster (Mass.). Town Library and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Annual Reports of the Officers and Committees of the Town of Lancaster by : Lancaster (Mass. : Town)
Download or read book Annual Reports of the Officers and Committees of the Town of Lancaster written by Lancaster (Mass. : Town) and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Providence Athenaeum Bulletin by : Providence Athenaeum
Download or read book The Providence Athenaeum Bulletin written by Providence Athenaeum and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York. Apprentices' Library Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :428 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (45 download)
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the J. Morgan Slade Library and Other Architectural Works in the Apprentices' Library by : General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York. Apprentices' Library
Download or read book Catalogue of the J. Morgan Slade Library and Other Architectural Works in the Apprentices' Library written by General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York. Apprentices' Library and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin written by Boston Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quarterly accession lists; beginning with Apr. 1893, the bulletin is limited to "subject lists, special bibliographies, and reprints or facsimiles of original documents, prints and manuscripts in the Library," the accessions being recorded in a separate classified list, Jan.-Apr. 1893, a weekly bulletin Apr. 1893-Apr. 1894, as well as a classified list of later accessions in the last number published of the bulletin itself (Jan. 1896)
Book Synopsis Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston by : Boston Public Library
Download or read book Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston written by Boston Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Prose fiction by : Leeds Public Libraries
Download or read book Prose fiction written by Leeds Public Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Literary News written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalogue of Prose Fiction in the Central Lending Library by : Leeds (England). Public Libraries, Art Gallery and Museum
Download or read book Catalogue of Prose Fiction in the Central Lending Library written by Leeds (England). Public Libraries, Art Gallery and Museum and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Alix and Nicky by : Virginia Rounding
Download or read book Alix and Nicky written by Virginia Rounding and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic story of Emperor Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna, the last Tsar and Tsarina of Russia—A penetrating and deeply personal study that gives profound psychological insight into their marriage and how it shaped the events that engulfed them. There are few characters in history about whom opinion has been more divided than the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, and his wife the Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna. On one hand, they are venerated as saints, innocent victims of Bolshevik assassins, and on the other they are impugned as the unwitting harbingers of revolution and imperial collapse, blamed for all the ills that befell the Russian people in the 20th century. Theirs was also a tragic love story; for whatever else can be said of them, there can be no doubt that Alix and Nicky adored one another. Soon after their engagement, Alix wrote in her fiancé's diary: "Ever true and ever loving, faithful, pure and strong as death"—words which met their fulfillment twenty-four years later in a blood-spattered cellar in Ekaterinburg. Through the letters and diaries written by the couple and by those around them, Virginia Rounding presents an intimate, penetrating, and fresh portrayal of these two complex figures and of their passion—their love and their suffering. She explores the nature and possible causes of the Empress's ill health, and examines in depth the enigmatic triangular relationship between Nicky, Alix and their ‘favourite,' Ania Vyrubova, protégée of the infamous Rasputin, extracting the meaning from words left unsaid, from hints and innuendoes.. The story of Alix and Nicky, of their four daughters known collectively as ‘OTMA' and of their hemophiliac little boy Alexei, is endlessly fascinating, and Rounding makes these characters come alive, presenting them in all their human dimensions and expertly leading the reader into their vanished world.
Book Synopsis The Tsarina's Daughter by : Carolly Erickson
Download or read book The Tsarina's Daughter written by Carolly Erickson and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette comes a dramatic novel and powerful love story about the last Russian imperial family. It is 1989 and Daria Gradov is an elderly grandmother living in the rural West. What neighbors and even her children don't know, however, is that she is not who she claims to be—the widow of a Russian immigrant of modest means. In actuality she began her life as the Grand Duchess Tatiana, known as Tania to her parents, Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra. And so begins the latest entrancing historical entertainment by Carolly Erickson. At its center is young Tania, who lives a life of incomparable luxury in pre-Revolutionary Russia, from the magnificence of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg to the family's private enclave outside the capital. Tania is one of four daughters, and the birth of her younger brother Alexei is both a blessing and a curse. When he is diagnosed with hemophilia and the key to his survival lies in the mysterious power of the illiterate monk Rasputin, it is merely an omen of much worse things to come. Soon war breaks out and revolution sweeps the family from power and into claustrophobic imprisonment in Siberia. Into Tania's world comes a young soldier whose life she helps to save and who becomes her partner in daring plans to rescue the imperial family from certain death.
Download or read book The American Catalogue written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Who's who written by Henry Robert Addison and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 1898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An annual biographical dictionary, with which is incorporated "Men and women of the time."
