Lo zar che distrusse la Russia
- 219pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
Henri Troyat Libri
19 ottobre 1911 – 3 marzo 2007
Henri Troyat è stato un autore francese le cui opere si sono spesso immerse nelle profondità della psicologia umana e della storia. Le sue stesse esperienze di fuga dalla Russia hanno permeato la sua prosa di descrizioni vivide e tensione emotiva. Il suo esteso corpus comprende sia romanzi che biografie avvincenti, che illuminano figure storiche esplorando al contempo esperienze umane universali. Troyat ha sapientemente fuso una meticolosa ricerca storica con un potente dono narrativo, offrendo ai lettori spunti accattivanti sul passato e sulla condizione umana.
Alessandro I. Lo zar della Santa Alleanza
- 511pagine
- 18 ore di lettura
La Morra cinese. Traduzione di Gioia Zannino Angiolillo 8vo. pp. 220. . Molto buono (Very Good). Manca la sovracoperta (No DJ). . .
Pietro il Grande
- 397pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
By delving into the life of Catherine the Great, this acclaimed biographer reveals the rich tapestry of Russia’s past, giving insight into the paradoxical character of its people and their stunning evolution from feudalism to communism to their present-day struggle for a free-market democracy. This is history as it is rarely written today—elegant, witty, dramatic, and with an intimate knowledge of its characters. And what better subject for a biography than one of history's most powerful women, the German-born Russian empress whose adopted language and culture were French, and whose most loyal correspondents were Voltaire and Diderot? Troyat details the various lives of Catherine II: the ambitious child, the acquiescent yet firm grand duchess, the forceful politician and patron of the arts, the belligerent war maker, and the doting grandparent. “A remarkable woman . . . A riveting book.”—Mary Renault “Brilliantly captures one of the most colorful figures of all time.”—Doubleday Book Club News
Ivan the Terrible
- 328pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
Ivan IV, the first Grand Duke of Moscow to take the title Czar, was one of the most violent and demented rulers in history. Both sadist and mystic, he claimed to be both the blood successor to Caesar Augustus and God¿s vicar on earth. Devoted associates and sworn enemies alike perished amid hideous tortures. Villages, towns and an entire city were obliterated; he even murdered his own son in a burst of fury. And yet, by conquering much of the territory that became 20th century Russia, he also forged an orderly empire out of the barbarous and disordered world into which he was born. Henri Troyat, the Prix Goncourt ¿winning biographer of Catherine the Great, Tolstoy, Turgenev and other giants of Russian history brings to life Russia¿s bloodiest czar creating the unforgettable portrait of a man driven mad with the delirium of his divine right to power.
