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Gannibal: The Moor of Petersburg ペーパーバック – 2006/7/6
英語版
Hugh Barnes
(著)
A truly amazing 18th century life restored to history - Tsar's godson and nobleman, Russian Bluebeard, engineer of genius - who began life in an African village. When Major-General Gannibal died in 1781 in his eighties, he could look back on a long and successful life. He was the godson of Peter the Great, the Empress Elizabeth had given him nobility, thousands of acres, villages of serfs. His French education and a natural gift for mathematics had led him to fame as a fireworks expert and the architect of a string of fortifications from the Arctic Circle to China. As a husband he was a provincial Bluebeard, but his descendants would include the great poet Pushkin and a bevy of British aristocrats. Yet Abram Petrovich Gannibal had been born in very different circumstances. He was a black African, perhaps from Ethiopia, perhaps from modern Chad, sold as a child into slavery. In a brilliant biography Hugh Barnes who has tracked Gannibal's footsteps across three continents restores an extraordinary life to history.
- 本の長さ320ページ
- 言語英語
- 出版社Profile Books Ltd
- 発売日2006/7/6
- 寸法13 x 2 x 19.6 cm
- ISBN-101861974620
- ISBN-13978-1861974624
商品の説明
レビュー
An adventure stuffed full of encounters with history - a ripping good yarn which has the merit of being entirely true. ― Financial Times
A tour de force of historical research and travel writing ... A delightful, fascinating and compelling biography, filled with swashbuckling adventurers, it successfully raises Pushkin's ancestor to his rightful place as one of 18th-century Russia's most astonishing characters. -- Simon Sebag Montefiore ― Sunday Times
Elegantly written ... Barnes's book takes off into gripping narrative. ― New Statesman
Impressive investigative work and a lively literary imagination makes Gannibal a fascinating read. ― Metro London
Brilliant, stylish, ingenious book. ― Guardian
Barnes has scoured three continents for clues about his often enigmatic subject and in doing so has created a colourful portrait of an outsider who left an indelible mark on his adopted land. ― BBC History
Barnes' exhaustive research and intrepidity has unearthed new evidence dispelling folklore surrounding Gannibal and in doing so has produced the first full study, one that is a fascinating, subtly written and that truly deserves a wide audience. ― Irish Examiner
Barnes is a writer of subtle, powerful gifts ... Gently and with consummate patience, Barnes teases out the life of an extraordinary man from limited sources ... Barnes has travelled far and long to capture his remarkable subject. He then, fittingly, does him justice. -- Hugh MacDonald ― Herald
A remarkably readable and often moving account. -- Donald Rayfield ― Literary Review
Not merely the first detailed account in English of this remarkable life, but the fullest in any language. It is a fascinating read ... Barnes not only joins the ranks of those journalists able to give academics a good run for their money, but also shows himself to be a travel writer of distinction ... This biography of the Russian Othello does much to recast our understanding of 18th-century Russian life. ― Economist
Barnes has dug himself up a most engaging subject. He carries his story along in an unpretentious fashion, wearing his research lightly and never failing to intrigue ... What Barnes has written is an intelligent Boy's Own story, an adventure stuffed full of encounters with history - a ripping good yarn which has the merit of being entirely true. -- James Harkin ― FT Magazine
Brilliant, stylish, ingenious ... A small miracle of intellectual command and imaginative empathy. -- Peter Conrad ― Observer
Barnes writes engagingly and informedly about many fields ... [he] succeeds in bringing Gannibal to life... a remarkable achievement. -- Robert Chandler ― Independent
History and fiction seamlessly blend into each other ...In pursuing his elusive subject with such resourcefulness and vigour, Hugh Barnes has woven a tale of tremendous ingenuity, verve and resonance. -- Christopher Clark ― Sunday Telegraph
A tour de force of historical research and travel writing ... A delightful, fascinating and compelling biography, filled with swashbuckling adventurers, it successfully raises Pushkin's ancestor to his rightful place as one of 18th-century Russia's most astonishing characters. -- Simon Sebag Montefiore ― Sunday Times
Elegantly written ... Barnes's book takes off into gripping narrative. ― New Statesman
Impressive investigative work and a lively literary imagination makes Gannibal a fascinating read. ― Metro London
Brilliant, stylish, ingenious book. ― Guardian
Barnes has scoured three continents for clues about his often enigmatic subject and in doing so has created a colourful portrait of an outsider who left an indelible mark on his adopted land. ― BBC History
Barnes' exhaustive research and intrepidity has unearthed new evidence dispelling folklore surrounding Gannibal and in doing so has produced the first full study, one that is a fascinating, subtly written and that truly deserves a wide audience. ― Irish Examiner
Barnes is a writer of subtle, powerful gifts ... Gently and with consummate patience, Barnes teases out the life of an extraordinary man from limited sources ... Barnes has travelled far and long to capture his remarkable subject. He then, fittingly, does him justice. -- Hugh MacDonald ― Herald
A remarkably readable and often moving account. -- Donald Rayfield ― Literary Review
Not merely the first detailed account in English of this remarkable life, but the fullest in any language. It is a fascinating read ... Barnes not only joins the ranks of those journalists able to give academics a good run for their money, but also shows himself to be a travel writer of distinction ... This biography of the Russian Othello does much to recast our understanding of 18th-century Russian life. ― Economist
Barnes has dug himself up a most engaging subject. He carries his story along in an unpretentious fashion, wearing his research lightly and never failing to intrigue ... What Barnes has written is an intelligent Boy's Own story, an adventure stuffed full of encounters with history - a ripping good yarn which has the merit of being entirely true. -- James Harkin ― FT Magazine
Brilliant, stylish, ingenious ... A small miracle of intellectual command and imaginative empathy. -- Peter Conrad ― Observer
Barnes writes engagingly and informedly about many fields ... [he] succeeds in bringing Gannibal to life... a remarkable achievement. -- Robert Chandler ― Independent
History and fiction seamlessly blend into each other ...In pursuing his elusive subject with such resourcefulness and vigour, Hugh Barnes has woven a tale of tremendous ingenuity, verve and resonance. -- Christopher Clark ― Sunday Telegraph
著者について
Hugh Barnes was born in London in 1963 and educated at Oxford and Cambridge universities. He covered the war in Kosovo for the Financial Times, New Statesman and Independent on Sunday, and the war in Afghanistan for the Sunday Times. He also worked in Moscow for three years as a correspondent for Agence France Presse. He has published a novel, Special Effects (Faber & Faber, 1994), and is married with two children.
登録情報
- 出版社 : Profile Books Ltd; Main版 (2006/7/6)
- 発売日 : 2006/7/6
- 言語 : 英語
- ペーパーバック : 320ページ
- ISBN-10 : 1861974620
- ISBN-13 : 978-1861974624
- 寸法 : 13 x 2 x 19.6 cm
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ma
5つ星のうち5.0
Five Stars
2016年1月20日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Well written and engaging.
J. McFarlane
5つ星のうち2.0
Gannibal is a tedious story
2010年4月10日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
In theory this could have been a very exotic true story about a Moorish slave rising to prominence in the court of Peter the Great of Russia. In practice it is very tedious and more worthy of being a short story. Too little real facts seem to be known about Gannibal and thus the story suffers from tedious speculation and interpolation of what and who Gannibal was or had done. I got 1/3 of the way through and decided I had better things to do with my time.