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Author : Vanora Bennett
Release : 2016-01-19
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis Midnight in St. Petersburg by : Vanora Bennett
Download or read book Midnight in St. Petersburg written by Vanora Bennett. This book was released on 2016-01-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published: London: Century, 2013.
Author : Bruce Lincoln
Release : 2009-04-28
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Sunlight at Midnight by : Bruce Lincoln
Download or read book Sunlight at Midnight written by Bruce Lincoln. This book was released on 2009-04-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Russians, St. Petersburg has embodied power, heroism, and fortitude. It has encompassed all the things that the Russians are and that they hope to become. Opulence and artistic brilliance blended with images of suffering on a monumental scale make up the historic persona of the late W. Bruce Lincoln's lavish "biography" of this mysterious, complex city. Climate and comfort were not what Tsar Peter the Great had in mind when, in the spring of 1703, he decided to build a new capital in the muddy marshes of the Neva River delta. Located 500 miles below the Arctic Circle, this area, with its foul weather, bad water, and sodden soil, was so unattractive that only a handful of Finnish fisherman had ever settled there. Bathed in sunlight at midnight in the summer, it brooded in darkness at noon in the winter, and its canals froze solid at least five months out of every year. Yet to the Tsar, the place he named Sankt Pieter Burkh had the makings of a "paradise." His vision was soon borne out: though St. Petersburg was closer to London, Paris, and Vienna than to Russia's far-off eastern lands, it quickly became the political, cultural, and economic center of an empire that stretched across more than a dozen time zones and over three continents. In this book, revolutionaries and laborers brush shoulders with tsars, and builders, soldiers, and statesmen share pride of place with poets. For only the entire historical experience of this magnificent and mysterious city can reveal the wealth of human and natural forces that shaped the modern history of it and the nation it represents.
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Release : 2016
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Download or read book Midnight in St. Petersburg written by . This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Petersburg, 1911: Inna Feldman has fled the pogroms of the south to take refuge with distant relatives in Russia's capital city. Welcomed by the flamboyant Leman family, she is apprenticed into their violin-making workshop. She feels instantly at home in their bohemian circle, but revolution is in the air, and as society begins to fracture, she is forced to choose between her heart and her head. She loves her brooding cousin, Yasha, but he is wild, destructive and devoted to revolution; Horace Wallick, an Englishman who makes precious Faberge creations, is older and promises security and respectability. And, like many others, she is drawn to the mysterious, charismatic figure beginning to make a name for himself in the city: Rasputin. As the rebellion descends into anarchy and bloodshed, a commission to repair a priceless Stradivarius violin offers Inna a means of escape. But which man will she choose to take with her? And is it already too late? A magical and passionate story steeped in history and intrigue, Vanora Bennett's Midnight in St. Petersburg is an extraordinary novel of music, politics, and the toll that revolution exacts on the human heart
Author : Vanora Bennett
Release : 2014
Genre : Large print books
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Book Rating : 727/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Midnight in St Petersburg by : Vanora Bennett
Download or read book Midnight in St Petersburg written by Vanora Bennett. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Petersburg, 1911: Inna Feldman has fled the pogroms of her native Kiev to take refuge with distant relatives in Russia's capital city. Welcomed into the flamboyant Leman family, she is apprenticed into their violin-making workshop. With her looks and talents, she feels instantly at home in their bohemian circle of friends. But revolution is in the air and, as society begins to fracture, she is forced to choose between her heart and her head.
Author : Arthur L. George
Release : 2003
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis St. Petersburg by : Arthur L. George
Download or read book St. Petersburg written by Arthur L. George. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Petersburg covers the city's political and social history, as well as its infinite contributions to scholarship, culture, and world politics.
