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Maria Fairweather (1943–2010)

Autor/a de Madame de Staël

2 obres 130 Membres 2 Ressenyes

Sobre l'autor

Maria Fairweather took a degree in Russian and History at London University as a mature student in 1991

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Nom normalitzat
Fairweather, Maria
Altres noms
Merica, Maria (birth)
Lady Fairweather
Data de naixement
1943-11-04
Data de defunció
2010-03-06
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
UK
Lloc de naixement
Tehran, Iran
Lloc de defunció
London, England, UK
Llocs de residència
London, England, UK
Rome, Italy
Professions
interpreter
biographer
Biografia breu
Maria Fairweather, née Merica, married Patrick Fairweather, a British diplomat, in 1962 and had two daughters. She spoke Russian, Greek, French, English and Farsi and worked as an interpreter before writing two biographies of famous women.

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This was a very readable biography of a highly interesting lady. Princess Zinaida Volkonsky was born into the highest echelons of the Russian aristocracy. She became a lady-in-waiting to the Empress Maria Feodorovna (the first one, not the mother of Nicholas II) and later became the mistress of Tsar Alexander I. Artistic and cultured, she served as the prototype for Helena Kuragin, in Tolstoy's War In Peace. This book has it all: war, peace, love, and hate. It's all set against the backdrop of Napoleon's siege of Russia and the subsequent events that it led to. Zinaida eventually found herself in Italy where an invitation to her salon was highly prized and sought after. Very good reading.… (més)
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briandrewz | Sep 24, 2018 |
One of the better bios of Mme de Staël in English, & an enjoyable read.
 
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SkjaldOfBorea | Jul 4, 2009 |

Estadístiques

Obres
2
Membres
130
Popularitat
#155,342
Valoració
½ 3.6
Ressenyes
2
ISBN
8

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