- Taschenbuch: 256 Seiten
- Verlag: Profile Books; Auflage: New Ed (6. Juli 2006)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1861974620
- ISBN-13: 978-1861974624
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,2 x 13 x 2,4 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 427.905 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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"'Barnes writes engagingly and informedly about many fields... a remarkable achievement.' Robert Chandler, Independent 'Elegantly written... gripping narrative' Maggie Gee, New Statesman 'Barnes carries his story along in an unpretentious fashion, wearing his research lightly and never failing to intrigue... A ripping good yarn which has the merit of being entirely true.' James Harkin, Financial Times 'Delightful, fascinating, compelling... filled with swashbuckling adventurers' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Sunday Times 'A tale of tremendous ingenuity, verve and resonance' Christopher Clark, Sunday Telegraph 'Brilliant, stylish, ingenious... A small miracle of intellectual command and imaginative empathy' Peter Conrad, Observer 'Wonderfully vivid' Philip Marsden, Guardian"
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The remarkable true story of an African slave who became godson to Peter the Great. Quirky popular history, in the mould of Giles Milton. Illus.
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A huge disapointment
1. Januar 2006
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This book is a poor example of a biography. But the worst parts of the book is the lack of detail (there hardly are any!!) and the author's personal travels. All the details included in the book could be summed up in four pages or a time-line.
I agree it looks good on the outside, but by reading the whole thing one only sees snippets of a life, by no means a complete one. The really sad thing with this book is that there are so many 'snippets' of Gannibal. We see again and again lines from existent letters, but only that. And those that we do see are dropped so carelessly as to be meaningless and out of the time-frame. Were these pieces all put together in a proper way, an interesting, informative biography could have been written. Rather than that we get page after page of gossip and quotes from Pushkin, who was only marginally closer to the truth than we are today.
Even the book's images are poorly done; the cover picture is not even Gannibal, but some `Negre au turban' by Delacroix. In the text the author describes at least four images of Gannibal (one by Adrian Schoenbeck, one by Pierre Denis Martin, one anonymous in the Hermitage, and three sketches in a notebook by Watteau in the Louvre). Yet none of these are included in the book. Instead of these we are treated to two paintings that are a `case of mistaken identity'. The only real examples of Gannibal we get are his seal and a page from an unpublished manuscript. This makes no sense at all, if there are images available why have they not been used. Especially when the Hermitage has been gracious enough to supply other images, surely they would have given an image of the anonymously painted `Peter the vanquisher'.
Though admittedly, hard-evidence and details about Gannibal are scarce this book fulfils none of a biography's requirements to any reader, it is a truly disappointing venture.
I agree it looks good on the outside, but by reading the whole thing one only sees snippets of a life, by no means a complete one. The really sad thing with this book is that there are so many 'snippets' of Gannibal. We see again and again lines from existent letters, but only that. And those that we do see are dropped so carelessly as to be meaningless and out of the time-frame. Were these pieces all put together in a proper way, an interesting, informative biography could have been written. Rather than that we get page after page of gossip and quotes from Pushkin, who was only marginally closer to the truth than we are today.
Even the book's images are poorly done; the cover picture is not even Gannibal, but some `Negre au turban' by Delacroix. In the text the author describes at least four images of Gannibal (one by Adrian Schoenbeck, one by Pierre Denis Martin, one anonymous in the Hermitage, and three sketches in a notebook by Watteau in the Louvre). Yet none of these are included in the book. Instead of these we are treated to two paintings that are a `case of mistaken identity'. The only real examples of Gannibal we get are his seal and a page from an unpublished manuscript. This makes no sense at all, if there are images available why have they not been used. Especially when the Hermitage has been gracious enough to supply other images, surely they would have given an image of the anonymously painted `Peter the vanquisher'.
Though admittedly, hard-evidence and details about Gannibal are scarce this book fulfils none of a biography's requirements to any reader, it is a truly disappointing venture.
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Insight into a Coverup
14. März 2007
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This book is excellent. It sheds light on a person that modern Russia has been trying to conceal for generations. The fact that Gannibal was an African who made substantial contributions to Russian engineering, mathematics, and sciences runs counter to Russia's deeply ingrained racism and beliefs that dark skinned people cannot be responsible for such lofty thinking. Russia has ensured that not much information is available on the true man and his achievements.
Mr. Barnes has done painstaking research to fill in many of the gaps in Russia's, Gannibal's, and Pushkin's histories in one book. He has interviewed people in several countries and even researched the African word ("Fummo") that Gannibal had ingrained on his family seal in order to figure out his actual roots. It is enlightening, revealing, and teaches us many things about history, cross-cultural exchanges and contributions, and the challenges faced by by Africans in a land where they were not (and still aren't) appreciated.
Those who cannot accept Gannibal's identity and those who will overtly try to maintain the secret and deny truth will probably not appreciate the revelations made by Mr. Barnes. We have seen this type of behavior prevalent throughout the histories of Europe, Russia, and North American Countries. Those who seek truth will appreciate his efforts. Anyone interested in Russian and/or African history, or race relations should read this book.
Mr. Barnes has done painstaking research to fill in many of the gaps in Russia's, Gannibal's, and Pushkin's histories in one book. He has interviewed people in several countries and even researched the African word ("Fummo") that Gannibal had ingrained on his family seal in order to figure out his actual roots. It is enlightening, revealing, and teaches us many things about history, cross-cultural exchanges and contributions, and the challenges faced by by Africans in a land where they were not (and still aren't) appreciated.
Those who cannot accept Gannibal's identity and those who will overtly try to maintain the secret and deny truth will probably not appreciate the revelations made by Mr. Barnes. We have seen this type of behavior prevalent throughout the histories of Europe, Russia, and North American Countries. Those who seek truth will appreciate his efforts. Anyone interested in Russian and/or African history, or race relations should read this book.
Shadows of an ancestor
7. November 2010
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Gannibal is a fascinating and extraordinary character, perhaps one of the most unusual in the last five hundred years in the whole of Europe.
Hugh Barnes' subject is elusive - there are very few facts about Pushkin's great-grandfather. For me this was a problem.
To devote a whole book to a person about whom the facts can be resumed in a few pages is perhaps a gamble as the work has to be filled with other things. These fillers are in themselves fascinating and the reader is treated to a succession of Russian tsars and tsarinas, to life at the French court in the early part of the 18th Century, to the Baltic states, to Constantinople and to far-flung outposts of the Russian empire...
The things that stand out at the end of the book are the founding of Petersburg and the astonishing character of Tsar Peter the Great. The actual subject of the book, Gannibal, remains shrouded in mystery. Each time that one feels one might be getting a bit closer to him, he again slides into the shadows of legend, mystery and fairy tale.
Do not read this book expecting to find out much about Gannibal : but as a record of his times, it is unbeatable and very well written.
Hugh Barnes' subject is elusive - there are very few facts about Pushkin's great-grandfather. For me this was a problem.
To devote a whole book to a person about whom the facts can be resumed in a few pages is perhaps a gamble as the work has to be filled with other things. These fillers are in themselves fascinating and the reader is treated to a succession of Russian tsars and tsarinas, to life at the French court in the early part of the 18th Century, to the Baltic states, to Constantinople and to far-flung outposts of the Russian empire...
The things that stand out at the end of the book are the founding of Petersburg and the astonishing character of Tsar Peter the Great. The actual subject of the book, Gannibal, remains shrouded in mystery. Each time that one feels one might be getting a bit closer to him, he again slides into the shadows of legend, mystery and fairy tale.
Do not read this book expecting to find out much about Gannibal : but as a record of his times, it is unbeatable and very well written.
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