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10. Read the novel and have seen the show.

Thu May 2, 2024, 11:59 AM

May 2

Both are great.

There’s an implied reference to the Holodomor, Stalin’s intentional famine of Ukraine.

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A Gentleman in Moscow [View all] edhopper May 2 OP

The book on which this program is based is an excellent read. Lonestarblue May 2 #1

Thanks edhopper May 2 #3

One of my very favorite books TxGuitar May 2 #4

Exactly! The language is so well crafted. Lonestarblue May 2 #5

Ewan McGregor. Love him in everything he does. lindysalsagal May 2 #6

"The Ghostwriter" one of our "go to" movies. Never get tired of it. Peregrine Took May 2 #9

Is it streaming? lindysalsagal May 2 #12

Essentially the Englightenment PoindexterOglethorpe May 2 #8

In touch with, but not really very closely. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2 #13

You are welcome. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2 #16

Nicholas II, last Tsar, was married to Queen Victoria's granddaughter. Crunchy Frog May 2 #17

Yes, I vaguely remembered there was a family connection... brush May 3 #18

Not so much inbreeding. Crunchy Frog May 3 #20

OK, OK. So much history. Your mention of the Hapsburgs... brush May 3 #21

I think it was changed due to anti German sentiment Crunchy Frog May 3 #22

True, not as inbred as the Hapsburgs SocialDemocrat61 May 3 #23

I think it was pretty common in Europe at the time. Crunchy Frog May 3 #24

No they weren't 1st cousins SocialDemocrat61 May 3 #25

They never had a tradition of SocialDemocrat61 May 2 #14

Interesting nugget of history on Germany. brush May 3 #19

Smooth transition of power was a rarity Retrograde May 3 #29

Whoa, horror after horror, overthrows, killings, ambition... brush May 4 #31

Russia was on a fragile track toward parliamentary democracy in 1917 Charging Triceratops May 3 #26

Lenin wasn't a fascist. Elessar Zappa May 3 #28

Lenin was a dictator and, thus, a fascist, albeit from the left Charging Triceratops May 4 #34

The Bolsheviks did not stop the election Charging Triceratops May 4 #33

Read the novel and have seen the show. Tommy Carcetti May 2 #10

Just watched episode 7 "The Fall". SleeplessinSoCal May 3 #27