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Rounding Virginia: Alix and Nicky

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Few characters in history are as fascinating or controversial as Nicholas and Alexandra. From their passionate love to their horrifying execution, they are alternately viewed as innocent victims of Bolshevik assassins or blamed for causing the Revolution themselves. Much has already been written about their lives. But acting as a curator of the many conflicting histories, acclaimed author…

Rounding Virginia: Catherine the Great: Love, Sex, and Power

Скачать книгу (размер 2 880 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 566) Аннотация: From the acclaimed author of Grandes Horizontales comes a book that the Washington Post calls a vivid portrait of a sensual and intellectual woman. Dutiful daughter, passionate lover, doting grandmother, tireless legislator, generous patron of artists and philosophers — Empress Catherine II was all these things, and more. Her reign, the longest in Russian imperial history, lasted from 1762 until…