Alexander of Russia(82nd Edition) Napoleon's Conqueror (Grove Great Lives Series) by HenriTroyat, Joan Pinkham Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2003 by Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-3949-8, ISBN: 0-8021-3949-3
"In Paris and London, the crowds hailed him as the man who had conquered Napoleon, as the liberator of Europe, and as a benevolent, enlightened monarch. At home he came to be feared as a reactionary, oppressive autocrat in a country where millions of serfs were still treated as little more than personal property. A grandson of Catherine the Great, a conspirator in the assassination of his own father, and an idealistic and ineffective par ..."
"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 ..."
Amelie In Love A Novel by HenriTroyat, Lily Duplaix Paperback, 380 Pages, Published 2010 by Kessinger Publishing, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-163-82192-3, ISBN: 1-163-82192-6
"This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work."
"This book is a vivid account of life in Moscow, "the most Russian of Russian cities," in the year 1903, a year before Russia's disastrous war with Japan and two years before the momentous Revolution of 1905. Though the undercurrents of social change were running swiftly, the surface stability of the Tsarist regime show no indication of the turmoil ahead. The author, who is perhaps best known for his biography Tolstoy, describes Russian ..."
"This is a new release of the original 1956 edition."
Amelie in Love A Novel by HenriTroyat, Lily Duplaix Paperback, 378 Pages, Published 2013 by Literary Licensing, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-4940-9813-1, ISBN: 1-4940-9813-X
"This is a new release of the original 1956 edition."
"Details the life of the German-born Russian empress, from her birth in Stettin to her death at sixty-six, and recreates the extravagant life of her court, portraying the men and women who shared or succumbed to her power."
Ivan the Terrible(1st Edition) by HenriTroyat, John Pinkham Hardcover, 283 Pages, Published 1984 by Dutton Adult ISBN-13: 978-0-525-24246-8, ISBN: 0-525-24246-5
"The author of the best-selling Tolstoy, winner of France's prestigious Prix Goncourt, member of the Académie Française, and renowned expert on Russia paints yet another indelible portrait of one of Russia's imposing historical figures. Henri Troyat, author of acclaimed biographies of Catherine the Great, Tolstoy, and Turgenev, turns his attention to one of the most violent, demented rulers ever, Czar Ivan IV. Though this larger-than-lif ..."
Amelie in Love A Novel by HenriTroyat, Lily Duplaix Hardcover, 378 Pages, Published 2013 by Literary Licensing, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-258-83451-7, ISBN: 1-258-83451-0
"This is a new release of the original 1956 edition."
"This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work."
"This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work."
Amelie in Love by HenriTroyat, Lily Duplaix Paperback, 380 Pages, Published 2007 by Kessinger Publishing, Llc ISBN-13: 978-0-548-38919-5, ISBN: 0-548-38919-5
"This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work."
"This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work."
Catherine the Great by HenriTroyat Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2000 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson History ISBN-13: 978-1-84212-029-3, ISBN: 1-84212-029-8
"Born a little German princess without a drop of Russian blood in her veins she came to embody Russia and as the country moved from war to war and conquest to conquest it was Catherine who became great. Those who served her throne, or her bed, were well rewarded while the serfs were condemned to ever-worsening conditions. Men were instruments of pleasure. The weak had to perish. The future belonged to men - and sometimes a man could have ..."
"DIFFERENT OFFER (please see description & pictures by BookGems before placing an order): Edition Meridian Book, First Impression, 1994. English translation by Joan Pinkham. ISBN: 0-452-01120-5. PAPERBACK. 391 pages, size: 15.2 x 22.8 x 2.5 cm. Just tanning to paper edges and fading to spine. Other than that, the unread book remains in very good condition throughout. Text all clean, neat and tight. Prompt dispatch from UK."
Ivan the Terrible(2nd Edition) (Dorset Press Reprints) by HenriTroyat Hardcover, 283 Pages, Published 1988 by Hippocrene Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88029-207-8, ISBN: 0-88029-207-5
"The author of the best-selling Tolstoy, winner of France's prestigious Prix Goncourt, member of the Académie Française, and renowned expert on Russia paints yet another indelible portrait of one of Russia's imposing historical figures. Henri Troyat, author of acclaimed biographies of Catherine the Great, Tolstoy, and Turgenev, turns his attention to one of the most violent, demented rulers ever, Czar Ivan IV. Though this larger-than-lif ..."