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Редкое свинство: только что я, налив чашку чая, радостно открыла amazom.co.uk, на котором сегодня появилась в Kindle-формате новая книга про ОТМА, в предвкушении нажала волшебную кнопочку "Купить"...
А Амазон заявил: "Только для белых англичан! Покупайте на Amazon.com!"
Все было бы ничего, только в Америке издание появится... 3 июня!
Нет в жизни справедливости! Плюнуть и заказать в бумаге? Хм...
Хотя рецензии меня немного настораживают, в частности вот эта:
"...The girls themselves serve as benchmarks in the early years of Nicholas and Alexandra's marriage, failed efforts in their quest for a male heir. Olga arrives on page thirty-two, Tatiana on forty-three, Maria on fifty and Anastasia on fifty-nine, but true to life, all four are eclipsed by the birth of their brother on page seventy-four. Here the four girls fade, making way for Rappaport's exploration of the political tension that characterized their homeland and their parents' crusade to keep Alexei's affliction from becoming widely known.
It isn't until 1912, round about the halfway mark, that the personality of sixteen year old Olga finally begins to materialize. Tatiana, the other half the 'Big Pair' doesn't make much of an impression until 1914, but the 'Little Pair' unfortunately head off to Ekaterinburg virtual unknowns, with only a handful of erratic and predominantly secondhand accounts to evidence their individual natures.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the extensive description of Nicholas' Russia, the political state of the country and the culture of his court, but I fail to see how the impressions of Elinor Glyn - who did not even meet the family - relate the four young women who grace the cover of this piece. The jacket led me to expect a detailed and insightful portrait of Nicholas' daughters, but the book is much less about them than it is the fall of Tsarist imperialism and the family crushed in its wake..."
А Амазон заявил: "Только для белых англичан! Покупайте на Amazon.com!"
Все было бы ничего, только в Америке издание появится... 3 июня!
Нет в жизни справедливости! Плюнуть и заказать в бумаге? Хм...
Хотя рецензии меня немного настораживают, в частности вот эта:
"...The girls themselves serve as benchmarks in the early years of Nicholas and Alexandra's marriage, failed efforts in their quest for a male heir. Olga arrives on page thirty-two, Tatiana on forty-three, Maria on fifty and Anastasia on fifty-nine, but true to life, all four are eclipsed by the birth of their brother on page seventy-four. Here the four girls fade, making way for Rappaport's exploration of the political tension that characterized their homeland and their parents' crusade to keep Alexei's affliction from becoming widely known.
It isn't until 1912, round about the halfway mark, that the personality of sixteen year old Olga finally begins to materialize. Tatiana, the other half the 'Big Pair' doesn't make much of an impression until 1914, but the 'Little Pair' unfortunately head off to Ekaterinburg virtual unknowns, with only a handful of erratic and predominantly secondhand accounts to evidence their individual natures.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the extensive description of Nicholas' Russia, the political state of the country and the culture of his court, but I fail to see how the impressions of Elinor Glyn - who did not even meet the family - relate the four young women who grace the cover of this piece. The jacket led me to expect a detailed and insightful portrait of Nicholas' daughters, but the book is much less about them than it is the fall of Tsarist imperialism and the family crushed in its wake..."