Mystery of Olga Chekhova
A Life Torn Apart By Revolution And War
«Fascinating. An intricate, gracefully told and often moving social history of a talented family in times of revolution, civil war, dictatorship and world conflict»
Rachel Polonsky, New Statesman
Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev, to work for Soviet intelligence. Les mer
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Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev, to work for Soviet intelligence. In return, her family were allowed to join her.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 352
- ISBN
- 9780141017648
- Utgivelsesår
- 2005
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«Fascinating. An intricate, gracefully told and often moving social history of a talented family in times of revolution, civil war, dictatorship and world conflict»
Rachel Polonsky, New Statesman
«A fascinating spy story, a delicious entertainment, a compelling investigation»
Simon Sebag-Montefiore, Evening Standard
«An extraordinary drama of exile and espionage»
Boyd Tonkin, Independent
«Beevor uses the story to evoke a world - the vague ideological borderlands of Nazism and Communism»
Felipe Fernández-Armesto, The Times
«Antony Beevor, one of the finest narrative military historians now writing, is a master of revealing vignettes»
Eliot A. Cohen, New York Times
«A true story that is dramatic, evocative, and well worth unearthing»
Observer
«Compelling . . . as engaging a read as Stalingrad and Berlin»
Guardian
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