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La succession du tsar Alexandre Premier, le vainqueur de Napoléon, aurait dû se dérouler sans heurt. Pourtant, à sa mort en 1825, trois longues semaines furent nécessaires pour que l'un des héritiers finisse par accepter, non sans hésitation, la fonction : Nicolas Premier. Devenu tsar à la place de son frère Constantin qui refusait obstinément la couronne, Nicolas s'est bien peu préparé au gouvernement de l'empire. Par ailleurs, sa personnalité brutale et inflexible ne le rend guère populaire. Durant tout son règne, il est porté par une mission : affermir la puissance de la Russie. Il défend d'une poigne de fer l'ordre et l'autocratie dans son empire comme dans les pays limitrophes gagnés par les idées libérales. Mais son ingérence perpétuelle dans les affaires étrangères, sa politique d'expansion vers l'est l'isolent peu à peu sur la scène internationale. Contre lui s'élève alors une coalition de pays européens qui détruit en quelques années de guerre son rêve d'une Russie forte, garante de l'ordre en Europe. À cette désillusion, le tsar ne survécut pas.

Avec Nicolas Ier, l'écrivain d'origine russe Henri Troyat poursuit son œuvre de biographe déjà entamé, entre autres, avec Catherine la Grande, Nicolas II et Raspoutine. --Gaëtane Guillo

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Henri Troyat

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Troyat was a French author, biographer, historian and novelist.

Troyat was born Levon Aslan Torossian in Moscow to parents of Armenian descent. His family fled Russia in anticipation of the revolution. After a long exodus taking them to the Caucasus on to Crimea and later by sea to Constantinople and then Venice, the family finally settled in Paris in 1920, where young Troyat was schooled and later earned a law degree. The stirring and tragic events of this flight across half of Europe are vividly recounted by Troyat in 'Tant que la terre durera'.

Troyat received his first literary award, Le prix du roman populaire, at the age of twenty-four, and by twenty-seven, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt.

Troyat published more than 100 books, novels and biographies, among them those of Anton Chekhov, Catherine the Great, Rasputin, Ivan the Terrible and Leo Tolstoy.

Troyat's best-known work is La neige en deuil, which was adapted as an English-language film in 1956 under the title The Mountain.

He was elected as a member of the Académie française in 1959. At the time of his death, Troyat was the longest serving member of the Academy.

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May 27, 2018
Предполагам, че никога не съм могла да различа къде свърва историята и къде започва романът у Троая, затова просто ще поставя тази на мястото, което никой не може да й отрече - на хубавите биографии.
P.S. Направо го ненавиждах този Николай Павлович. Понастоящем просто го съжалявам.
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September 13, 2022
✨ NUOVA RECENSIONE LIBROSA ✨

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Romanzo storico sulla figura dello zar Nicola I scritto dal accademico e studioso di storia contemporanea (soprattutto russa) Henri Troyat.
Il romanzo ripercorre la storia di Nicola I, zar dal 1825 al 1855, trattando sia elementi biografici sia eventi di puro carattere storico. Attraverso l'analisi della figura di Nicola si capisce come questi, con il suo carattere dallo stampo militare, non sia riuscito a comprendere l'importanza dei movimenti indipendentistici della prima metà dell'Ottocento forse perché, troppo preso dalla realizzazione del sogno di una Russia forte e garante dell'ordine.

La lettura di questo romanzo si è rivelata una vera sorpresa. Da sempre amante della storia, sono contenta di aver scoperto un romanzo che analizzi in maniera semplice e chiara, una figura importante dal punto di vista storico come Nicola I.
La scelta di questo libro é stata del tutto casuale anche se devo dire molto azzerata. Fin da piccola infatti la figura degli zar mi ha sempre affascinato, e mi é dispiaciuto che durante il mio percorso scolastico non sia riuscita ad approfondire gli eventi e gli zar che prima hanno reso la Russia una potenza europea e che poi l'hanno condotta allo sfacelo (vista l'oggettiva arretratezza economica, sociale e politica).
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August 7, 2011
riche biographie d'un destin tragique. A lire et à offrir absolument
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