Years after her death; Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she “the people’s princess;†who electrified the world with her beauty and humanitarian missions? Or was she a manipulative; media-savvy neurotic who nearly brought down the monarchy?Only Tina Brown; former Editor-in-Chief of Tatler; England’s glossiest gossip magazine; Vanity Fair; and The New Yorker could possibly give us the truth. Tina knew Diana personally and has far-reaching insight into the royals and the Queen herself.In The Diana Chronicles; you will meet a formidable female cast and understand as never before the society that shaped them: Diana's sexually charged mother; her scheming grandmother; the stepmother she hated but finally came to terms with; and bad-girl Fergie; her sister-in-law; who concealed wounds of her own. Most formidable of them all was her mother-in-law; the Queen; whose admiration Diana sought till the day she died. Add Camilla Parker-Bowles; the ultimate "other woman" into this combustible mix; and it's no wonder that Diana broke out of her royal cage into celebrity culture; where she found her own power and used it to devastating effect.
#927636 in Books Ilya Ehrenburg Vasiliaei Grossman David Patterson 2003-07-02Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 10.00 x 1.27 x 7.01l; 2.44 #File Name: 076580543X628 pagesThe Complete Black Book of Russian Jewry
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. It Will Make a Permanent ImpressionBy Matthew De VincentisFor those interested or curious about the format of this book; it's not your typical chapter-based book. Rather it is a VAST collection of stories submitted by survivors and witnesses. Some of them are very short; being a paragraph or two of powerful testimony; and some are detailed 20-page stories. Each 'collection' of stories are broken up by the country from which they occurred in. The end areas are slightly more broad in what they cover however it's all pertinent to Soviet suffering.The impact it will have on you will be a lasting one; it's difficult to describe; but you will think about these true events long after you are done with the book. They will be permanently implanted into your psyche. For example; the account of the staggering events at Babi Yar in the Ukraine describe so poignantly what happened at the ravine that day; your heart hurts. It is merely one story in this tome of horrors.There is; however; one complaint I have with this book. It is not regarding content; it is about the editing of the book. It is littered with grammar errors - far more than an average book. There is a glaring mistake probably once every three or four pages. Words are misspelled or entirely forgotten causing a stutter in the sentence. The editor; David Patterson; is apparently a professor and yet his grammar is horrible. If you're reading this David; send me a copy of the manuscript - I'll edit it for you; free of charge.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. What have you done?By Linda SextonIf you ever want to put life into perspective; read a page of The Complete Black Book of Russian Jewry a day. If you can. Where are you and what have you done?0 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy gabriel g. szegoA must read for those interested in Holocaust history.
