Turkish Gambit

Author : Boris Akunin
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0812968786
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Turkish Gambit written by Boris Akunin and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1877, Erast Fandorin finds himself at the Bulgarian front in a war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, where he assists a Russian woman who is risking her life for her fiancé, who has been falsely accused of espionage.

Author : Boris Akunin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780753174739
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turkish Gambit written by Boris Akunin and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Russo-Turkish war is at a critical juncture, and Erast Fandorin has gone to the front in an attempt to forget his sorrows. Captured by the Turks, he wins his freedom in a game of backgammon, before finding himself the unlikely rescuer of Varvara Suvorova - a "progressive" Russian woman trying to make her way to the Russian headquarters to join her fiance. Fandorin's efforts to steer clear of affairs of state are thwarted when a traitor is discovered within the Russian camp. Within days, Varvara's fiance has been accused of treason, a Turkish victory looms on the horizon, and there are rumours that one of Lady Astair's Azazel orphans may be making his own bid for power.

Author : Birgit Beumers
Publisher : Intellect Books
ISBN 13 : 1783204796
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Directory of World Cinema: Russia 2 written by Birgit Beumers and published by Intellect Books. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soviet and Russian filmmakers have traditionally had uneasy relationships to the concept of genre. This volume rewrites that history by spotlighting some genres not commonly associated with cinema in the region, including Cold War spy movies and science-fiction films; blockbusters and horror films; remakes and adventure films; and chernukha films and serials. Introductory essays establish key aspects of these genres, and directors’ biographies provide the background for the key players. Building on the work of its predecessor, which explored cinema from the time of the tsars to the Putin era, this book will be warmly received by the serious film scholar as well as all those who love Russian cinema. Directory of World Cinema: Russia 2 is an essential companion to the filmic legacy of one of the world’s most storied countries.

Author : Stephen M. Norris
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253007089
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blockbuster History in the New Russia written by Stephen M. Norris and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeking to rebuild the Russian film industry after its post-Soviet collapse, directors and producers sparked a revival of nationalist and patriotic sentiment by applying Hollywood techniques to themes drawn from Russian history. Unsettled by the government's move toward market capitalism, Russians embraced these historical blockbusters, packing the American-style multiplexes that sprouted across the country. Stephen M. Norris examines the connections among cinema, politics, economics, history, and patriotism in the creation of "blockbuster history"—the adaptation of an American cinematic style to Russian historical epics.

Author : N. Tamkin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230244505
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Britain, Turkey and the Soviet Union, 1940–45 written by N. Tamkin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-07-23 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws on the latest archival releases – including those from the secret world of British intelligence – to offer the first comprehensive analysis of Anglo-Turkish relations during the Second World War, with a particular emphasis on Turkey's place in the changing relationship between Britain and the Soviet Union.

Author : Selim Deringil
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521523295
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turkish Foreign Policy During the Second World War written by Selim Deringil and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-06-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An assessment of Turkey's wartime diplomacy and its role in preserving the nascent Turkish state.

Author : Boris Akunjin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788684497026
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turski gambit written by Boris Akunjin and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A broken-hearted Erast Fandorin has gone to the front of the Russo-Turkish war. Captured by the Turks, he wins his freedom in a game of backgammon, before finding himself the unlikely rescuer of Varvara Suvorova, a Russian woman trying to make her way to the Russian headquarters to join her fiancé. A traitor is discovered within the Russian camp. Within days, Varvara's fiancé has been accused of treason and a Turkish victory looms on the horizon. Fandorin, the redoubtable gentleman sleuth will need to resurrect all of his dormant powers of detection if he is to unmask the traitor, help the Russians to victory and smoothe the path of young love.

Author : Elena V. Baraban
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487525761
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Akunin Project written by Elena V. Baraban and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You don't know his name, but Boris Akunin is one of the most popular and prolific Russian writers of the twenty-first century.

Author : Stephen M. Norris
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253001765
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russia's People of Empire written by Stephen M. Norris and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the multicultural world of historical Russia through the life stories of 31 individuals that exemplify the cross-cultural exchanges in the country from the late 1500s to post-Soviet Russia.

Author : Onur Isci
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788317815
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turkey and the Soviet Union During World War II written by Onur Isci and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on newly accessible Turkish archival documents, Onur Isci's study details the deterioration of diplomatic relations between Turkey and the Soviet Union during World War II. Turkish-Russian relations have a long history of conflict. Under Ataturk relations improved – he was a master 'balancer' of the great powers. During the Second World War, however, relations between Turkey and the Soviet Union plunged to several degrees below zero, as Ottoman-era Russophobia began to take hold in Turkish elite circles. For the Russians, hostility was based on long-term apathy stemming from the enormous German investment in the Ottoman Empire; for the Turks, on the fear of Russian territorial ambitions. This book offers a new interpretation of how Russian foreign policy drove Turkey into a peculiar neutrality in the Second World War, and eventually into NATO. Onur Isci argues that this was a great reversal of Ataturk-era policies, and that it was the burden of history, not realpolitik, that caused the move to the west during the Second World War.