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Author | : Adele Lindenmeyr |
Publisher | : University of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 405 |
Release | : 2019-11-12 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 029932530X |
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Countess Sofia Panina lived a remarkable life. Born into an aristocratic family in imperial Russia, she found her true calling in improving the lives of urban workers. Her passion for social service and reputation as the "Red Countess" led her to political prominence after the fall of the Romanovs. She became the first woman to hold a cabinet position and the first political prisoner tried by the Bolsheviks. The upheavals of the 1917 Revolution forced her to flee her beloved country, but instead of living a quiet life in exile she devoted the rest of her long life to humanitarian efforts on behalf of fellow refugees. Based on Adele Lindenmeyr's detailed research in dozens of archival collections, Citizen Countess establishes Sofia Panina as an astute eyewitness to and passionate participant in the historical events that shaped her life. Her experiences shed light on the evolution of the European nobility, women's emancipation and political influence of the time, and the fate of Russian liberalism.
Author | : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons |
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Total Pages | : 648 |
Release | : 1861 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
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Author | : John Stephens |
Publisher | : Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 2015-04-07 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 037589957X |
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The final book in the bestselling Books of Beginning trilogy that began with The Emerald Atlas, which the New York Times called “a new Narnia for the tween set.” The adventures of siblings Kate, Michael, and Emma come to a stunning conclusion when they must find the last Book of Beginning—the Book of Death—before the Dire Magnus does, for when all three books are united, their combined power will be unstoppable. Soon Emma is on a journey to places both worldly and otherworldly, confronting terrifying monsters and ghosts, and what is darkest within herself. As the fabric of time begins to fray, she becomes the final piece of an extraordinary puzzle. Only if she can master the powers of this most dangerous book will she, Kate, and Michael be able to save the world from the dramatic, deadly final confrontation between magical and ordinary people that the Dire Magnus has in store.
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Total Pages | : 786 |
Release | : 1837 |
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Author | : Philip Sidney |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : English literature |
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Author | : Larry Loftis |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2022-03 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1982143878 |
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The hidden history of an ordinary American girl who became one of the OSS's most daring World War II spies before marrying into European nobility.
Author | : Alina García-Lapuerta |
Publisher | : Chicago Review Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2014-09-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1613745397 |
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The adventurous woman nicknamed La Belle Créole is brought to life in this book through the full use of her memoirs, contemporary accounts, and her intimate letters. The fascinating María de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo, also known as Mercedes, and later the Comtesse Merlin, was a Cuban-born aristocrat who was years ahead of her time as a writer, a socialite, a salon host, and a participant in the Cuban slavery debate. Raised in Cuba and shipped off to live with her socialite mother in Spain at the age of 13, Mercedes triumphed over the political chaos that blanketed Europe in the Napoleonic days, by charming aristocrats from all sides with her exotic beauty and singing voice. She married General Merlin in Napoleon's army and discussed painting with Francisco de Goya. In Paris she hosted the city's premier musical salon where Liszt, Rossini, and great divas of the day performed for Rothschilds, Balzac, and royalty. Celebrated as one of the greatest amateur sopranos of her day, Mercedes also achieved fame as a writer. Her memoirs and travel writings introduced European audiences to 19th-century Cuban society and contributed to the debate over slavery. Mercedes has recently been rediscovered as Cuba's earliest female author and one who deserves a place in the canon of Latin American literature.
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Total Pages | : 1260 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Women |
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Total Pages | : 674 |
Release | : 1814 |
Genre | : Almanacs, Irish |
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Author | : Watts Phillips |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1889 |
Genre | : France |
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