Review: The Romantic Exiles
Redaktioneller Bericht - Kirkus ReviewsA rather unusual sidelight on Western Europe during the forties and fifties of the last century. It is the story of a distinguished group of men and women, all of them exiles of one sort or another, frequently victims of their own -- for those days -- revolutionary points of view, -- many of them very rich, many of them with strange personal histories and backgrounds, all tinged with the romantic spirit of their age. The scene shifts from Russia, from Germany, and so on, to Paris, London, the Riviera, always with an amazing interplay of personalities and a romantic glamor. Diaries, letters, interviews with the few survivors of the group and their descendants, have been the basis on which the story is built.
Review: The Romantic Exiles: A Nineteenth Century Portrait Gallery
Nutzerbericht - Pippa222 - GoodreadsThis is a fascinating book about how political thinkers in nineteenth century Russia tried to live out their ideals in their personal lives, and failed. Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: The Romantic Exiles
Nutzerbericht - Michele - GoodreadsRead this on a friend's recommendation and enjoyed it very much. It gives very human portraits of many of the leading Russian 19th century exiles, chiefly Herzen, Bakunin and Ogarev. And wow, did ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: The Romantic Exiles
Nutzerbericht - Brett - GoodreadsThis was an excellent book. Tom Stoppard mentioned that this was one of his main sources for his Coast of Utopia trilogy of plays. After my second read through the trilogy, I decided that it might be ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: The Romantic Exiles
Nutzerbericht - Jim Coughenour - GoodreadsI started reading Carr's portrait of Alexander Herzen as background for Tom Stoppard's trilogy Coast of Utopia. Herzen is one of those astonishing 19th century intellectuals who created a whole new ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
