Julia Danzas (1879-1942). From the imperial court to the red prison
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Julia Danzas (1879-1942). From the imperial court to the red prison
24.99 €
"Her most remarkable studies have remained unknown to anyone. Her writings, especially her first works on philosophy and religious studies, are today difficult to access and largely forgotten; the story of her turbulent life still awaits its biographer." Thus German historian M. Hagemeister concluded the note devoted to Julia Danzas (1879-1942), whose life was, on the one hand, unique, and on the other - inextricably linked to the aspirations and catastrophes of her time. And now such a researcher found: relying on both already known and new documentary sources, Michel Nicaud presented a detailed biography of the heroine of the century. A specialist in the history of Gnosticism, a maid of honor to the last Russian empress, a volunteer at the front during World War I, a Catholic nun after the Bolshevik Revolution, a feminist and mystic who served eight years in the Gulag, the author of the Dominican journal "Russia and Christianity", and an employee of Cardinal Tisserand in Rome, Julia Danzas herself defines her multifaceted life as "extremely turbulent" and "fantastic in the richness of her impressions". The book also includes seven of her unpublished texts and her memoir, Red Penalization. Michel Nicaud is a Slavist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Caen-Normandy, France. Supplemented with new archival documents and revised by the author, the French version is Michel Niqueux. Julia Danzas (1879-1942). De la cour impériale au bagne rouge. Genève: Éditions des Syrtes, 2020.
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