Troyat was a French author, biographer, historian and novelist.
Troyat was born Levon Aslan Torossian in Moscow to parents of Armenian descent. His family fled Russia in anticipation of the revolution. After a long exodus taking them to the Caucasus on to Crimea and later by sea to Constantinople and then Venice, the family finally settled in Paris in 1920, where young Troyat was schooled and later earned a law degree. The stirring and tragic events of this flight across half of Europe are vividly recounted by Troyat in 'Tant que la terre durera'.
Troyat received his first literary award, Le prix du roman populaire, at the age of twenty-four, and by twenty-seven, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt.
Troyat published more than 100 books, novels and biographies, among them those of Anton Chekhov, Catherine the Great, Rasputin, Ivan the Terrible and Leo Tolstoy.
Troyat's best-known work is La neige en deuil, which was adapted as an English-language film in 1956 under the title The Mountain.
He was elected as a member of the Acad茅mie fran莽aise in 1959. At the time of his death, Troyat was the longest serving member of the Academy.
Ambientato nei possedimenti terrieri dell'immensa campagna russa del primo ottocento all'indomani della definitiva sconfitta di Napoleone ad opera degli alleati Austroungarici, Inglesi e Russi, questa seconda parte del romanzo fiume " La Luce dei Giusti" narra di Sofia, la giovane e avvenente moglie francese che con il marito Nicola Ozarev lascia la sua patria per avventurarsi nella Russia degli Zar: racconto sincero e privo di enfasi, "La Barinja" mostra nelle sue pagine il non semplice ambientamento dei giovani sposi nella grande casa di famiglia degli Ozarev dove il padre di Nicola, Michele, 茅 il classico padre padrone, Maria la sorella di Nicola una ragazza problematica soffocata dall'istrionico genitore e intorno a loro la servit霉 e la sterminata pianura russa che sembra dominare ogni cosa. Uniti da amore sincero e reciproca stima i due giovani cercheranno di non lasciarsi ingoiare da una vita isolata e noiosa ma reagiranno, ognuno a modo suo, per trovare la giusta dimensione e collocazione personale e sociale: e se Nicola, ricomincer脿 a frequentare i vecchi amici ed ex colleghi ufficiali che sognano per la Russia una societ脿 simile a quella francese, senza schiavit霉 e maggiore libert脿 di pensiero e di azione, Sofia si lascer脿 irretire dal desiderio di aiutare ed emancipare i servi dei vasti possedimenti del suocero con il quale allaccer脿 un non facile rapporto di affetto e stima reciproci.
La deuxi猫me d'une s茅rie de cinq romans. Nicolas et Sophia sont 脿 Saint-Petersbourg o霉 ils sont impliqu茅s dans un groupe de r茅formateurs. Mais bient么t ils d茅cident de repartir au village pour vivre avec le p猫re et la s艙ur de Nicolas. L鈥檃nimosit茅 de son p猫re est vaincu par l'amabilit茅 de Sophie. De sa fa莽on tranquille Sophie commence 脿 am茅liorer le sort des serfs au village, surtout du jeune mais intelligent Nikita pendant que Nicolas discute et lit des livres sur la r茅forme mais ne fait rien de pratique.
Le livre donne un bon aper莽u de la vie dans les provinces la Russie. Mais j'ai des question par rapport au titre de la s茅rie. Je me demande comment on peut consid茅rer Nicolas de figurer parmi les justes. Tout ce qu'il fait c'est de commencer une affaire avec la m猫re d'un de ses amis et ensuite une deuxi猫me affaire lorsqu'il fait une visite 脿 Saint Saint-Saint-Petersbourg pour vendre la maison familiale.
Book 2- 袘邪褉褘薪褟 (The Lady) (La lumi猫re des justes #2) Fans of Ken Follet鈥檚 Pillars of the Earth series would enjoy that historical piece taken place in 1820鈥檚 Russian villages and St. Petersburg. Main characters of the book Nikolay Ozarev and his wife Sophie are well defined. Reading this book, you get a feel for the life of peasants and gentry and the boredom of the village life that taken place in the first half of the book, gradually moving to St. Petersburg and introducing Decembrist ideas from Southern (Pavel Pestel) and Northern (Nikita Muraveyv) Society. Book picks up at the end with passing of the Great Czar Alexander I in November 1925 prompting the December revolt.