Download or read book Confessions of the Czarina Classic Reprint written by Paul Vassili and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Confessions of the Czarina The success of La Societe de Berlin in duced Madame Adam to publish other letters in the same style, devoted to other European capitals, with which, however, I had nothing to do, except those dealing with St. Peters burg life. The pseudonym Of Count Paul Vassili remained a kind of public property divided between the Nouvelle Revue and my poor self. Just before the war, when, indignant at the manner in which Nicholas II. Was com promising the work of his great father, I wrote the book Behind the Veil of the Russian Court, I bethought myself Of assuming once more the old pseudonym. I was living at the time in St. Petersburg, as Petrograd was still called, and my brothers were in the Russian military service. I did not wish them to get into trouble. As it happened, my identity was suspected, and unpleasantness followed; but it is no stigma to have been ostracized by the Russian police under the Old regime, so I did not mind or care. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
Download or read book CONFESSIONS OF THE CZARINA written by PAUL. VASSILI and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Confessions of the Czarina written by Princess Catherine Radziwill and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am not a coward, and it was not out of a feeling of uneasiness in regard to my personal safety, that I had not the courage to publish in my own name the book which, some thirty years ago, produced such a sensation when it appeared in the Nouvelle Revue of Madame Adam, under the title of “La Société de Berlin.” But I was living in Germany at the time, and though I would have felt delighted had the publication of this volume driven me out of the Prussian capital, from which I was to shake the dust from my shoes with such joy, a few years later, I had there relatives who would most undoubtedly have fared very badly at Bismarck’s hands, had my identity been disclosed. And once I am alluding to these distant times, it is just as well to say that the book in question had not at first been written for the benefit of the general public, but consisted of private letters addressed to Madame Adam, who, being happily still in the land of the living, can add many corroborative details. She suggested to me to publish some of these letters; I assented without suspecting the scandal which would follow, and which I do not regret in the very least, now that events have justified the mistrust with which the Prussian monster inspired me. The secret was well kept and one of the victims of it was poor Mr. Gérard, the secretary of Queen Augusta, who was accused of being the author of this book, an accusation that has clung to him ever since, and from which I am happy to relieve him. The success of La Société de Berlin induced Madame Adam to publish other letters in the same style, devoted to other European capitals, with which, however, I had nothing to do, except those dealing with St. Petersburg life. The pseudonym of Count Paul Vassili remained a kind of public property divided between the Nouvelle Revue and my poor self. Just before the war, when, indignant at the manner in which Nicholas II. was compromising the work of his great father, I wrote the bookBehind the Veil of the Russian Court, I bethought myself of assuming once more the old pseudonym. I was living at the time in St. Petersburg, as Petrograd was still called, and my brothers were in the Russian military service. I did not wish them to get into trouble. As it happened, my identity was suspected, and unpleasantness followed; but it is no stigma to have been ostracized by the Russian police under the old régime, so I did not mind or care.
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Download or read book November 1916 A Novel written by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The month of November 1916 in Russia was outwardly unmarked by seismic events, but beneath the surface, society seethed fiercely. In Petrograd, luxury-store windows are still brightly lit; the Duma debates the monarchy, the course of war, and clashing paths to reform; the workers in the miserable munitions factories veer increasingly toward sedition. At the front all is stalemate except for sudden death's capricious visits, while in the countryside sullen anxiety among hard-pressed farmers is rapidly replacing patriotism. In Zurich, Lenin, with the smallest of all revolutionary groups, plots his sinister logistical miracle. With masterly and moving empathy, through the eyes of both historical and fictional protagonists, Solzhenitsyn unforgettably transports us to that time and place--the last of pre-Soviet Russia. Translated by H.T. Willetts. November 1916 is the second volume in Solzhenitsyn's multi-part work, the Red Wheel, following August 1914. The final volumes will deal with March and April of 1917. Each volume concentrates on a historical turning point, or "knot," as the wheel rolls on inexorably toward revolution.
Download or read book Delphi Complete Works of George Borrow Illustrated written by George Borrow and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2023-04-21 with total page 4950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now regarded as one of the most imaginative prose writers of the nineteenth century, George Borrow was an English traveler, linguist and translator. His many adventures, including contact with the Romani, provided the inspiration for his travel book masterpiece ‘Lavengro’ and its sequel ‘The Romany Rye’ (1857). While working in Spain for a Bible society, Borrow found his literary homeland, providing materials for ‘The Zincali’ and for his brilliantly picturesque travel book ‘The Bible in Spain’, which was a tremendous success. This eBook presents Borrow’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Borrow’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All the travel books, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare translations * Includes Borrow’s letters – spend hours exploring the author’s correspondence * Features four biographies, including Shorter’s seminal study – discover Borrow’s intriguing life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Travel Books The Zincali (1841) The Bible in Spain (1843) Lavengro (1851) The Romany Rye (1857) Wild Wales (1862) A Supplementary Chapter to the Bible in Spain (1913) The Translations Faustus by Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1825) Romantic Ballads (1826) Targum (1835) The Talisman (1835) The Gypsy Luke (1837) The Sleeping Bard by Ellis Wynne (1860) The Turkish Jester by Nasreddin Hoca (1884) The Death of Balder by Johannes Ewald (1889) Miscellaneous Ballads Non-Fiction The Welsh and Their Literature (1861) Romano Lavo-lil (1874) The Letters The Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society (1911) Letters to his Mother, Ann Borrow and Other Correspondents (1913) Letters to His Wife Mary Borrow (1913) The Biographies George Borrow (1900) by Alfred Egmont Hake George Borrow, the Man and His Work (1908) by R. A. J. Walling George Borrow (1911) by Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton George Borrow and His Circle (1913) by Clement King Shorter
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