BOOKS by Henri Troyat

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1	Catherine the Great more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist Born a little German princess without a drop of Russian blood in her veins she came to embody Russia and as the country moved from war to war and conquest to conquest it was Catherine who became great. Those who served her throne, or her bed, were well rewarded while the serfs were condemned to ever-worsening conditions. Men were instruments of ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.60! \| first editions
2	Peter the Great more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist This is a biography of Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia (1672 - 1725) who was a ruler of phenomenal energy and vision who made it his mission to bring Russia into the mainstream of European life. Avid for every kind of knowledge, simple in his personal tastes, he was highly militaristic and utterly ruthless in the pursuit of power. see all copies from £4.95! new only from £7.44! \| first editions
3	Tolstoy more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist Leo Tolstoy embodies the most extraordinary contradictions. He was a wealthy aristocrat who preached the virtues of poverty and the peasant life, a misogynist who wrote Anna Karenina, and a supreme writer who declared, "Literature is rubbish." From Tolstoy's famously bad marriage to his enormously successful career, Troyat presents a brilliant ... see all copies from £1.25! new only from £12.05! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	FT-Chekhov more books like this by Henri Troyat, Michael Henry Heim (Translator) add to wishlist In his work, Chekhov is renowned for his wisdom and wit; in his life, he needed them. Raised by a brutal and alcoholic father, he moved to Moscow to escape--and to become the author of popular magazine stories. His stories led to plays and his plays to fame, but tuberculosis claimed him at the early age of forty-four. 8-page photo insert. see all copies from £5.57! first editions
5	Gorky more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist A biography of Maxim Gorky, whose novels, plays and memoirs depicted working-class life in both tsarist and communist Russia. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.44! \| first editions
6	Divided Soul: The Life of Gogol more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! new only from £126.62! \| first editions
7	Ivan the Terrible more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist Ivan IV, the first Grand Duke of Moscow to take the title Czar, was one of the most violent and demented rulers in history. Both sadist and mystic, he claimed to be both the blood successor to Caesar Augustus and God's vicar on earth. Devoted associates and sworn enemies alike perished amid hideous tortures. Villages, towns and an entire city were ... see all copies from £3.72! new only from £22.73! \| first editions
8	Chekhov more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist see all copies from £1.24! new only from £27.52! \| first editions
9	Turgenev more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist see all copies from £3.16! new only from £7.99! \| first editions
10	The red and the white. more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! new only from £18.12! \| first editions
11	Alexander of Russia, Napoleon's conqueror more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist In Paris and London, the crowds hailed him as the man who had conquered Napoleon, as the liberator of Europe, and as a benevolent, enlightened monarch. At home he came to be feared as a reactionary, oppressive autocrat in a country where millions of serfs were still treated as little more than personal property. A grandson of Catherine the Great, ... see all copies from £4.99! new only from £8.41! \| first editions
12	Amelie in Love by Henri Troyat, Lily Duplaix (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from £5.27! new only from £19.32! \| first editions
13	Alexander of Russia more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist see all copies from £4.95! new only from £30.77! \| first editions
14	Flaubert more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist The internationally acclaimed biographer of Tolstoy, Turgenev, and Chekhov gives readers a magnificent biography of the much-misunderstood genius Gustave Flaubert, whose Madame Bovary scandalized French society. Troyat unravels the enigma of this immensely sensual writer who cherished seclusion and reveled in frustration. 16 pages of photographs. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £28.40! \| first editions
15	Daily Life in Russia more books like this by Henri Troyat, Malcolm Barnes (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from £3.59! new only from £16.69!
16	Aliocha by Henri Troyat add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! new only from £11.96!
17	Pushkin more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist see all copies from £6.42! first editions
18	Catherine la Grande more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist see all copies from £8.05! new only from £27.93!
19	Ivan the Terrrible more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! first editions
20	Tolstoy P more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! first editions
21	Tant que la terre durera, roman. by Henri Troyat add to wishlist see all copies from £2.51! new only from £27.09!
22	Terrible Tsarinas: Five Russian Women in Power more books like this by Henri Troyat, Andrea Lyn Secara (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from £8.25! new only from £19.82!
23	Une Extreme Amitie by Henri Troyat add to wishlist see all copies from £2.56!
24	Tender & Violent Elizabeth more books like this by Henri Troyat add to wishlist see all copies from £8.67! first editions
25	L'Araigne by Henri Troyat add to wishlist see all copies from £1.24! new only from £14.86!

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