Toby Faber

Faberge's Eggs (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is the story of Fabergé's Imperial Easter eggs - of their maker, of the tsars who commissioned them, of the middlemen who sold them and of the collectors who fell in love with them. It's a story of meticulous craftsmanship and unimaginable wealth, of lucky escapes and mysterious disappearances, and ultimately of greed, tragedy and devotion. Moreover, it is a story that mirrors the history of twentieth-century Russia - a satisfying arc that sees eggs made for the tsars, sold by Stalin, bought by Americans and now, finally, returned to post-communist Russia. There is also an intriguing element of mystery surrounding the masterpieces. Of the fifty 'Tsar Imperial' eggs known to have been made, eight are currently unaccounted for, providing endless scope for speculation and forgeries. This is the first book to tell the complete history of the eggs, encompassing the love and opulence in which they were conceived, the war and revolution that scattered them, and the collectors who preserved them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230713963
• Artikelnr.: 39866347

Autorenporträt

Toby Faber

Inhaltsangabe

Section
i: Romanov family tree Section
ii: Fabergé family tree Introduction
iii: Introduction Chapter
1: 'Christ is risen!' Chapter
2: 'A precious as an egg on Christ's own day' Chapter
3: 'A continuation of the long funeral ceremonies' Chapter
4: 'Utterly different in character, habits and outlook' Chapter
5: 'The warm and brilliant shop of Carl Fabergé' Chapter
6: 'The ancestor who appeals to me least of all' Chapter
7: 'We shall have to show dirty nappies' Chapter
8: 'A good, religious, simple
minded Russian' Chapter
9: 'The little one will not die' Chapter
10: 'An unparalleled genius' Chapter
11: 'Fabergé has just brought your delightful egg' Chapter
12: 'Everything seems sad' Chapter
13: 'Guard it well. It is the last' Chapter
14: 'This is life no more' Chapter
15: 'You will have all of it when I am gone' Chapter
16: 'Determining their fate irrevocably in a few moments' Chapter
17: 'Pick out gold, silver and platinum from the articles of minimal museum value' Chapter
18: 'I know that May was passionately fond of fine jewellery' Chapter
19: 'Department stores
try the department stores' Chapter
20: 'Old civilisations put to the sword' Chapter
21: 'Turn of the century trinkets' Chapter
22: 'When you viewed his Fabergé collection, you were doing him a favour' Chapter
23: 'He who dies with the most toys wins' Chapter
24: 'Handle it and then question it; that thing is as right as rain' Chapter
25: 'You can put all your eggs in one basket' Section
iv: Afterword Section
v: Appendix
Full listing of the Imperial eggs Chapter
vi: Glossary Section
vii: Notes Section
viii: Bibliography Index
ix: Index Acknowledgements
x: Acknowledgements