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Faberg's Eggs: One Man's Masterpieces And The End Of An Empire. Toby Faber (2008)

by Toby Faber(Favorite Author)
3.8 of 5 Votes: 4
ISBN
0330440241 (ISBN13: 9780330440240)
languge
English
publisher
Pan Publishing
review 1: This was a fascinating look at the Faberge Eggs, but I wish it were more on the eggs themselves and less on the complete history of Russia. I've read Nicholas and Alexandra-I've already covered that ground-I was hoping this would be about the actual making of the eggs. Oh, well-it was still incredibly interesting to read about the history of the eggs in relation to the history of the Russian Czars and subsequent Russian Revolution.
review 2: I've been fascinated in the Imperial Faberge eggs since I first played Shadow Hearts: Covenant. One of the party members is Anastasia Romanov (yes, really) and her weapons are Faberge eggs (yes, really!). I was surprised at how many of them were (however loosely) based on real Imperial eggs. I really enjoyed this book, ge
... moretting to learn the backstory behind all of these eggs. Most of them are beautiful, some of them are a little gaudy, but all of them are masterfully crafted. The story of the eggs after Revolution is every bit as interesting as their Imperial history, and takes up a good half of the book. The only thing that I didn't like is that the book doesn't really cover every egg. This may be because there's scant information about some of them, or that their symbolism wasn't obvious enough that any comment could be made. It also could have been improved by including more color photographs of the eggs. My copy at least only had images, color or black and white, of a few of the eggs. less
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TaeyangOnly
Lots of information about Faberge family, the last two czars, the eggs and their fate. A fun read.
johanny
Too much Romanov review, not enough about the art mastery
jessy
Bought at the DIAs Faberge exhibit.
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