Russian Affair
Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 in Antiquities of France, Italian, Greece, Celtic, Indian, European
A Lily of the Field by John Lawton
One of the best ways to write about the matter of Englishness is to see it through the eyes of someone both inside and outside. John Lawton's Frederick Troy is an outsider both because he comes from a Russian emigré family and because he is a detective – and an insider, both because his investigations teach him how British society ticks, and because he so passionately wants the commitment of ...
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Natalie Romanov Paley Photo Mugs NATALIE ROMANOV PALEY Daughter of Grand Duke Paul Romanov, son of Tsar Alexander II. A famous beauty, actress, model, who had an ill-fated affair with Jean Cocteau..... |
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Shostakovich - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk / Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya, Gedda, London Philharmonic $9.97 The main complaint about this production is that there is not more of it. Part of Shostakovich's opera is left out, but what remains has a coherent dramatic impact, intensified by a heavy serving of graphically explicit, precisely choreographed sex and violence. This is a hybrid, like Petr Weigl's film of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda, but more smoothly executed. It does not shift between spoken... |
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Shostakovich - Katerina Izmailova $14.52 SHOSTAKOVICH:KATERINA IZMAILOVA - DVD Movie... |
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Johnny English [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] $9.35 Inspired by a UK bankcard ad and daring to encroach on the shadow of the Austin Powers franchise, this Bond film satire may well end up as The Spoof That Got Left in the Cold. But in perfect contrast to star Rowan Atkinson's broad physical humor, composer Edward Shearmur delivers a deliciously deadpan musical score that skewers the 007 canon from twangy-guitar main theme to romantic Euro interlude... |
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Love Affair: Or, The Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator [VHS] $8.53 ... |
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The Blacksheep Affair [VHS] $19.95 ... |
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The Sopranos: The Complete Third Season $17.94 All 13 episodes from season three--including "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood," "Fortunate Son," "Second Opinion," "The Telltale Moozadell," "Pine Barrens" and "Army of One"--are collected in a four-disc set. 13 hrs. total. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround; featurettes; audio commentary; more. **13 episodes on 4 discs. 13 hrs.**... |
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Doctor Zhivago (45th Anniversary Edition) $14.94 David Lean's epic screen adaptation of the Boris Pasternak novel stars Omar Sharif as the Russian doctor and writer branded an enemy of the state after the 1917 Revolution. Winner of five Academy Awards, the sweeping blend of drama and romance also stars Julie Christie, Alec Guinness, Rod Steiger, and Geraldine Chaplin. 3 1/3 hrs. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Fren... |
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Reilly - Ace of Spies $18.49 Decades before James Bond was a gleam in Ian Fleming's eye, British undercover agent Sydney Reilly set the tone for all subsequent superspies with his daring real-life exploits. Sam Neill stars as Reilly in this acclaimed BBC mystery series. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; bonus program "Life of Reilly, The Super Spy." 12 episodes on 4 discs. 10 1/2 hrs.... |
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The Russian Affair (Paperback) $11.14 An intriguing love and espionage story set in Moscow in the late 1970s, in the midst of the Cold War. Twenty-nine-year-old Anna Viktorovna lives in Moscow with her young son and her father, a once popular and respected poet who has fall... |
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Original Soundtrack - Artist [Bonus DVD] $23.04 Disc 0:No track list availableDisc 1:Artist: Ouverture, The - Ludovic BourceArtist: A Russian affair, The - Ludovic BourceArtist: George Valentin, The - Ludovic BourceArtist: Pretty Peppy, T... |
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