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The Mystery of Olga Chekhova

by: Beevor, Antony (Author)

The Mystery of Olga Chekhova

by: Beevor, Antony (Author)

ISBN 13:
9780143035961
ISBN 10:
0143035967
Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 09/01/2005
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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The Mystery of Olga Chekhova > ISBN13: 9780143035961

Summary

She Remains One of the Great Enigmas of World War II: a stunning Russian beauty and niece of playwright Anton Chekhov who became a Nazi-era film star in Hitler's Germany. Who, really, was Olga Chekhova? In the first book to tackle that question, Antony Beevor-one of the most acclaimed historians writing today-offers a riveting tale of revolution, war, and survival.

Author Biography

Antony Beevor, a #1 bestselling author in the U.K., has written the definitive histories of the fall of Berlin and the battle of Stalingrad.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

MAP

xii

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

xiv

1. The Cherry Orchard of Victory

(8)

2. Knippers and Chekhovs

(12)

3. Mikhail Chekhov

(6)

4. Misha and Olga

(8)

5. The Beginning of a Revolution

(6)

6. The End of a Marriage

(9)

7. Frost and Famine

(10)

8. Surviving the Civil War

(8)

9. The Dangers of Exile

(11)

10. The Far-Flung Family

(8)

11. The Early 1920's in Moscow and Berlin

(13)

12. Home Thoughts from Abroad

100

(11)

13. The End of Political Innocence

111

(14)

14. The Totalitarian Years

125

(16)

15. The Great Terror

141

(15)

16. Enemy Aliens

156

(9)

17. Moscow 1941

165

(18)

18. A Family Divided by War

183

(14)

19. Berlin and Moscow 1945

197

(14)

20. Return to Berlin

211

(9)

21. After the War

220

(15)

OLGA CHEKHOVA'S FILMS

235

(5)

REFERENCES

240

(2)

SOURCE NOTES

242

(32)

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

274

(3)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

277

(2)

INDEX

279

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