Prince Felix Yusupov. Memoirs
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Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston the Younger (1887-1967) - a noble aristocrat, whose family owned a colossal fortune. He studied at the Page Corps and in Oxford, was bisexual, and married the niece of Nicholas II. Everyone knows one thing about him - he killed Rasputin. After the Bolshevik revolution, the prince happily escaped death and spent almost half a century in exile.
For the first time, the full text of the 'Memoirs' is published in Russian, and in such a marvelous translation that it's hard to believe the prince wrote in French. The 'Memoirs' are completely devoid of authorial vanity: Prince Yusupov talks about himself and others with the simplicity and grandeur of a true aristocrat, who needs neither to account for himself nor to justify himself. In nothing... He has a tenacious memory and a lively mind, an easy style and a sharp look, quirks and oddities, depth and frivolity, humor and charm, splendor and poverty. And behind the self-portrait without indulgence and complexes, history is glimpsed, and Russia appears - lush and sinful, mad and worthy, paradoxical and authentic...
Author:
Author:Yusupov Felix Felixovich
Cover:
Cover:hardcover
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Dimensions:
Dimensions:20x13x2.5 cm
Series:
Series:Biographies and Memoirs
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-8159-1676-0
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