Le palais du comte Paskevitch

by Jacqueline Briskin

Intrigues et passions à Saint-Pétersbourg À l'automne 1909, Marya et son frère, de jeunes Américains d'origine russe, voyagent à bord d'un paquebot qui fait route pour Saint-Pétersbourg, où les a invités le comte Ivan Paskevitch, leur dernier parent en vie. Cet homme richissime et tyrannique vit seul dans un somptueux palais, sanctuaire où il entrepose mobilier, objets et bijoux de grande valeur. Fasciné par Marya, le comte a décidé de faire d'elle la pièce maîtresse de sa collection. Mais au cours de la traversée, Marya a rencontré Stephan Strakhov, un révolutionnaire au passé mystérieux, qui lui a sauvé la vie... Première édition : l'Archipel, 1996

546 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Jacqueline Briskin (1927-2014) was the New York Times-bestselling author of fourteen historical novels that reflect the tumultuous changes in American society that she witnessed over her lifetime. Complete with dynamic storylines, vibrant characters, and passionate romantic relationships, her novels have sold more than twenty million copies worldwide and have been translated into twenty-six languages.

Briskin was born in London, England, the granddaughter of the chief rabbi of Dublin, Ireland. Her family moved to Beverly Hills, California, to escape Adolf Hitler and religious orthodoxy. A few years later, she married her best friend and the love of her life, Bert, whose family was deeply embedded in Hollywood and the movie business. When Briskin's three children were little more than toddlers, she attended a class at UCLA entitled "The Craft of Fiction." To her surprise, it was a class about writing fiction rather than reading fiction. And so her career began.

Over the next forty years, many of Briskin's books topped the New York Times bestseller list. Her adoptive home of Los Angeles and her husband's old stomping ground of Hollywood often play a prominent role in her meticulously researched books.

Reviews

[Misfit]

Bah, not for me. This is like Dynasty does Russian Revolution 1980's glam trash. No thank you.

[Isabel Luna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Esta es una muy buena novela, por lo menos cuando la leí me gustó mucho y me dejo buenos recuerdos.
Marya va a Rusia invitada por un pariente, el conde Ivan Paskevicht; en el camino conoce a un joven e idealista Stephan y obviamente se enamoran. Pero la época y las circunstancias de ambos los separan y ella termina de amante del conde primero, y casada con él después.
Sin embargo, a diferencia de las novelas de este tipo no tiene final feliz y justamente por eso me ha resultado sumamente atípica; xq no me pareció mal en absoluto q las cosas terminen como terminaron. Por la razón q sea, la impresión primeriza q tienes de cada uno de los personajes hace q el afecto o la inquina q te formaste sobre cada uno al principio vaya cambiando, y el q resultó héroe de la historia termina más bien como un anti héroe.
Si volviera a caer en mis manos, no me perdería una relectura.

[Nadia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Le mie aspettative circa questo libro erano alte e altre, purtroppo deluse.
Conoscendo l'autrice mi aspettavo uno di quei bei drammi molto romance, invece no. Il bel dramma c'è, ma la parte romance lascia un pochino a desiderare, nonostante la presenza di un triangolo amoroso. In compenso la parte storica è molto accurata e ben ricostruita, ma, ahimè, in alcuni punti rasenta il tedio.

[Abril · Rating 1 out of 5]

No llegué a terminarlo, pero no pienso seguir dejandolo en leyendo.
Me quedé en la página 245, y realmente no pude leer más por el asco que me genera, tal ves escuche el audiolibro o lea el último capítulo, ni idea, tal vez lo deje ahí tirado y listo

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed learning more about the actual historical events- but some of the premises were fanciful.

[Mari · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5

[Julie Allison · Rating 2 out of 5]

Russian revolution. Innocent American girl travels to St. Petersburg in 1905, falls in love with a poor Russian (Stephan) who disappears, only to re-appear frequently in her life. She becomes a mistress of a wealthy Russian (Pavovich--sp?), but still loves Stephan.

I thought it was a typcial romance, but I kept reading. It got better. Of course Stephan turns out not to be poor like he thought, but he finds out his parents secreted lots of money for him.

Even though she marries the wealthy Russian who truly loves her, she pines for Stephan. The three are together for the last third of the book as they cross Siberia and back to Switzerland in 1918.


If you've read "Gone With the Wind," you will find lots of similarities between the personalities of Rhett Butler and Pavovich.

I think I need to read "Dr. Zhivago."

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bella la storia d'amore ma ancora più bella l'ambientazione. La Russia dell' ultimo Zar viene raccontata in maniera magistrale

[BonnieSkywalker · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read this book about 6 times... I love the hero, Stephan, he's one of my favorites. And I like the heroine, cause she never stops loving Stephan... But I hate the ending because it's definitely not happy...

[Manuela · Rating 2 out of 5]

Affascinante per molti motivi, sia per la storia in sè che per lo sviluppo, ma per larghi tratti l'ho trovato decisamente pesante.

[Sofía Honty · Rating 4 out of 5]

It made me feel what I was reading, love and hate the caracters and change my feeling about them along the book. I cried reading this book, really! But in the end, I really liked it!

[Cristiana · Rating 4 out of 5]

molto storico meno romantico