The Mystery Of Olga Chekhova: The True Story Of A Family Torn Apart By Revolution And War Paperback English by Antony Beevor - 05 May 2005
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| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| ISBN 13 | 9780141017648 |
| Book Subtitle | The True Story Of A Family Torn Apart By Revolution And War |
| Book Description | Olga Chekhova was the niece of playwright Anton Chekhov and a stunning Russian beauty. She was also a famous Nazi-era film actress, closely associated with Adolf Hitler. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev to work for Soviet intelligence. In return, her family were allowed to join her. Several of them were trapped in Berlin as the Red Army approached in 1945. As Olga had appeared in photographs with Hitler his entourage, the rest of her family in Moscow were waiting to be arrested by the NKVD secret police. Based largely on new material, Antony Beevor has pieced together a breathtaking story of a family surviving through the Russian Revolution, the Civil War, the rise of Hitler and Stalin, and the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. It's an extraordinary story from extraordinary times. |
| Editorial Review | A true story that is dramatic, evocative, and well worth unearthing -Observer. Antony Beevor, one of the finest narrative military historians now writing, is a master of revealing vignettes -- Eliot A. Cohen -New York Times. Beevor uses the story to evoke a world - the vague ideological borderlands of Nazism and Communism -- Felipe Fernandez-Armesto- The Times. |
| About the Author | Antony Beevor is the author of Crete: The Battle and the Resistance (Runciman Prize), Stalingrad (Samuel Johnson Prize, Wolfson Prize for History and Hawthornden Prize), Berlin: The Downfall, The Battle for Spain (Premio La Vanguardia), D-Day: The Battle for Normandy (Prix Henry Malherbe and the RUSI Westminster Medal), The Second World War, Ardennes 1944 (Prix Medicis shortlist) and Arnhem. The number one bestselling historian in Britain, Beevor's books have appeared in thirty-three languages and have sold over eight million copies. A former chairman of the Society of Authors, he has received a number of honorary doctorates. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Kent and an Honorary Fellow of King's College, London. He was knighted in 2017. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Antony Beevor |
| Publication Date | 05 May 2005 |
| Number of Pages | 336 |
The Mystery Of Olga Chekhova: The True Story Of A Family Torn Apart By Revolution And War Paperback English by Antony Beevor - 05 May 2005
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