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The golden apple of Samarkand : a true story of splendour, tragedy, humour and hope, Lala Wilbraham
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- Summary
- Lala plays with her diamond ring, mesmerized as always by the distant world it conjures for her and the jewel?s extraordinary trajectory from Tsarist Russia to twenty-first-century England. An unexpected invitation has arrived and, at last, she will be able to visit Lentvaris, her paternal grandmother?s ancestral home, a splendid East European estate where princely art collections, spectacular jewellery, extravagant balls and performing dwarves, coexisted with philanthropy on a grand scale and a deep sense of noblesse oblige. The First World War irrevocably altered the family?s privileged lives, Lala?s great-uncle was forced to flee with the last of the Romanov dynasty and her great-grandfather auctioned off his art treasures. The Second World War lost Lentvaris for ever. Lala?s grandfather died in a Soviet gulag. Her grandmother, aunt and father survived harsh imprisonment and afterwards crossed continents eventually finding precarious stability living as émigrés in South America. This is an epic story of dramatic escapes, concealed treasures, a lost paradise, but especially of the courage, strength and resilience shown by the female side of Lala?s family, and of the power of love, humour and hope
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 240 pages:
- Note
- Includes index
- Isbn
- 9781913491802
- Label
- The golden apple of Samarkand : a true story of splendour, tragedy, humour and hope
- Title
- The golden apple of Samarkand
- Title remainder
- a true story of splendour, tragedy, humour and hope
- Statement of responsibility
- Lala Wilbraham
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Lala plays with her diamond ring, mesmerized as always by the distant world it conjures for her and the jewel?s extraordinary trajectory from Tsarist Russia to twenty-first-century England. An unexpected invitation has arrived and, at last, she will be able to visit Lentvaris, her paternal grandmother?s ancestral home, a splendid East European estate where princely art collections, spectacular jewellery, extravagant balls and performing dwarves, coexisted with philanthropy on a grand scale and a deep sense of noblesse oblige. The First World War irrevocably altered the family?s privileged lives, Lala?s great-uncle was forced to flee with the last of the Romanov dynasty and her great-grandfather auctioned off his art treasures. The Second World War lost Lentvaris for ever. Lala?s grandfather died in a Soviet gulag. Her grandmother, aunt and father survived harsh imprisonment and afterwards crossed continents eventually finding precarious stability living as émigrés in South America. This is an epic story of dramatic escapes, concealed treasures, a lost paradise, but especially of the courage, strength and resilience shown by the female side of Lala?s family, and of the power of love, humour and hope
- Cataloging source
- YDX
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- Wildbraham, Lala
- Dewey number
- 947.93
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DK505.43.T96
- LC item number
- .W55 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Tyszkiewicz family
- Nobility
- Nobility
- Political refugees
- Gentry
- Political prisoners
- Soviet Union
- Label
- The golden apple of Samarkand : a true story of splendour, tragedy, humour and hope, Lala Wilbraham
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1242465040
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 240 pages:
- Isbn
- 9781913491802
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), map (color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1242465040
- Label
- The golden apple of Samarkand : a true story of splendour, tragedy, humour and hope, Lala Wilbraham
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1242465040
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 240 pages:
- Isbn
- 9781913491802
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), map (color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1242465040
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