The year 2003 saw the completion of work on the re-creation of the famous Amber Room justly regarded as the "eighth wonder of the world". The fact that the famous interior has been opened to the public in the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo during the celebration of the tercentenary of St Petersburg is deeply symbolic. The-Amber Room, a work of art produced both by eighteenth-century masters and present-day restorers, who have brought it back to life, serves now as a symbol of the Catherine Palace, one of the most brilliant museums of the northern capital of Russia. The Amber Room with its mysterious history has attracted general attention of Russian society in the course of more than half a century. The investigation of a series of...
ISBN: 5-93051-021-0
Издательство:
Иван Федоров
Дата выхода: январь 2000
Atlanta judge Rachel Cutler loves her job and her kids, and remains civil to her ex-husband, Paul. But everything changes when her father dies under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind clues to a secret about something called the Amber Room. Desperate for the truth, Rachel takes off for Germany, with Paul close behind. Before long, they`re in over their heads. Locked into a treacherous game with professional killers, Rachel and Paul find themselves on a collision course with the forces of greed, power, and history itself.
ISBN: 0-345-46004-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
Противостояние сильных мира сего за обладание Янтарной комнатой привело к ее исчезновению. Кажется восьмое чудо света утрачено уже навсегда. Странные письма из прошлого предупреждают о проклятии уникального шедевра. Но в то время как мир восхищается современной подделкой, богатейшие коллекционеры Запада ведут настоящие битвы за владение оригиналом... В поисках убийцы своего отца судья Рейчел Катлер и...
ISBN: 5-7654-4727-9
Издательство:
Нева
Дата выхода: январь 2006
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Amber Room (sometimes known as the Amber Chamber ; Russian: Янтарная комната Yantarnaya komnata ; German: Bernsteinzimmer) in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg is a complete chamber decoration of amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors. It was created in the 18th century, disappeared during World War II, and was recreated in 2003.
With this second Russian suspense novel, which focuses on the restoration of the Romanov dynasty, Berry shows he`s honed his craft since his somewhat shaky debut, The Amber Room (2003). Miles Lord, a workaholic African-American lawyer from Atlanta, is in Moscow to help Stefan Baklanov, the Romanov claimant his high-powered firm is backing. Since the new tsar will reign as an autocrat like his ancestors, both big rubles and big bucks are at stake—not to mention access to nuclear weapons. Lord soon discerns that Baklanov is corrupt, a tool of the mafiya. While digging through old files on the Russian Revolution, Lord comes to believe Baklanov is the "raven" Rasputin predicted would help save the royal house in 1916. Teaming with a...
ISBN: 978-0-345-50696-2
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011