The Nobel Family: Swedish Geniuses in Tsarist Russia

ISBN-13: 9781350348912 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 480 str.

Bengt Jangfeldt

Opis

The story of the genius Nobel family, the Swedish founders of the Russian oil industry who saw their wealth swept away by the 1917 revolution, only to achieve global renown through the prizes which bear their name.

Recenzje

This gripping and deeply researched volume wonderfully tells the tale of the Nobel family, bringing new evidence and perspectives to show how their business and personal lives were intertwined with the histories of Sweden and Russia. Steven Nafziger, Professor of Economics, Williams College, USA

Spis treści

ForewordPart 11. Immanuel2. Immanuel Nobel & Sons3. Immanuel and AndriettePart 24. Ludvig5. Robert6. Robert & Ludvig7. The Nobel Brothers8. The End of an EpochPart 39. The Third Generation10. Emanuel11. The Age of Greatness12. Welfare and Charity13. Political Unrest, Economic Growth and War14. Anno 1917Part 4PostscriptAfterwordFamily TreePicture CreditsNotesBibliographyIndex

O autorze

Bengt Jangfeldt is an author and historian. His biography Axel Munthe: The Road to San Michele (I.B.Tauris) was published in 2003 and won the Swedish Academy's prize for biography. A further large-scale biography, A Life at Stake, about the renowned Russian poet Mayakovsky, appeared in 2007 and was awarded the August Prize for best non-fiction book of the year. Harry D. Watson is a graduate in Scandinavian Studies of University College London, UK. He is an active literary translator from Swedish and has translated biographies of several notable Swedes (Axel Munthe, Raoul Wallenberg) and the Russian poet Mayakovsky, as well as novels by Magnus Florin.