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Пенталогия "Маги" #1

by V.I. Kryzhanovskaya, В.И. Крыжановская

Chto predstavlyaet soboj mir, v kotorom my zhivem? Kto est' my i kakov smysl bytiya? Eti voprosy vsegda volnovali i budut volnovat' lyudej, potomu chto nashi znaniya ob okruzhayuschem nas mire i o nas samih ogranicheny. Eto Tajna, kotoruyu my, lyudi, pytaemsya razgadat'. Knigi Very Kryzhanovskoj yavlyayutsya tem volshebnym zerkalom, cherez kotoroe my mozhem zaglyanut' v nevidimyj dlya nas mir Tajny, suschestvuyuschij ryadom s nami, uznat' nekotorye fundamental'nye zakony bytiya i otvetit' na mnogie voprosy.

Genres: Fantasy

444 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1901

About the author

Vera Ivanovna Kryzhanovskaya [or Kryzhanovskaia] (2/14 June 1857 - 29 December 1924) was a Russian novelist. She used the pseudonym John Wilmot Rochester.

Kryzhanovskaya was born to an old Tambov regional family. Her father, Maj.Gen.Ivan Antonovich Kryzhanovsky had married the daughter of a pharmacist. Her father died when she was 14 and the following year she gained a scholarship to the Catherine Institute in St Petersburg, where she studied at public expense until graduating in 1877. She married the famous spiritualist Sergei Valerianovich Semenov who was appointed to the Imperial Chancellery (1894), and then as Chamberlain in 1904. During the 1880s and 1890s they lived in Western Europe.

Kryzhanovskaya had been interested in the occult and ancient history from childhood and was known to perform as a medium. In the tradition of many spiritualists, she claimed her novels were motivated by her spirit guide, which she said was the English poet John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. She took on the nickname "Rochester".

Kryzhanovskaya's works were written in French and then translated into Russian.

Following the Russian Revolution, she left for Estonia, but after two years working in a mill her health was broken. She died on 29 December 1924 and was buried in the Alexander Nevsky Cemetery in Tallinn.

Reviews

[Celia Rabelo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ralph Morgan, um médico decente, muito doente, que nunca fez nada que não fosse estudar e trabalhar. Ralph tinha grande curiosidade em saber se seria possível existir ou inventar um remédio ou algo que pudesse prolongar a existência de um ser humano. Um dia, bate na porta um desconhecido elegante e propõe ao Dr. Ralph a vida eterna, o príncipe Naraima Supramati, que vira de cabeça para baixo a vida do nobre doutor com uma proposta quase irrecusável. Deste dia em diante, ele assume a identidade do príncipe Naraiama, sua herança, seu segredos, sua esposa e passa a viver grandes aventuras. No entanto, sua parte favorita da herança, era Nara, esposa de Supramati, e futuramente sua. Um livro encantador e assustador. Recomendo e deixo a pergunta: O que você faria se alguém o oferecesse a vida eterna?

[Marcelo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Leitura sensacional, traz os altos e baixos de se tornar um imortal e o encontro do propósito e evolução humana.

[Rodrigo Jardim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Li este livro há muito tempo, adorei ele. Faz parte de uma trilogia, o segundo se chama "os magos" é o terceiro "a ira divina" os três são bons, mas só aparece o primeiro aqui no goodreads

[Nat · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is pretty special book. The whole series would make a great film in my opinion. Despite being more of a fantasy orientated it has the gems of the real Knowledge in it.