"One of the most remarkable documents to come out of the war, and nothing will ever quite match its calm and grace in utterly hideous circumstances. "A vivid insider's view of Nazi Germany." - Vanity Fair has a sharp eye and a witty tongue." - Cleveland Plain Dealer "A rare opportunity to see the Second World War from an unusual perspective: the view from Berlin and Vienna, not Washington or London. The best eyewitness account we possess of the bombing of Berlin." David Stout is a visual artist, composer and performer exploring the cross-media synthesis and interdisciplinary approaches to new genres bridging the arts. A completely new view of World War II-daily life in the Third Reich, recorded by an emigree Russian princess who moved in the highest aristocratic circles, lived through the bombing of Berlin and saw her most intimate friends killed after the failure of their plot to kill Hitler. "Neither a set of reflections flor a philippic, but a record. She has foraged for food.She has smelled the decaying flesh of corpses buried in the bombed ruins of Berlin and Vienna and lost some of her best friends." - Washington Post Book World "A skillful weaving of history, memoir, and autobiography.full of colorful characters.When she began writing in 1940, Missie, as she was called, was.concerned mainly with beaux and parties.By 1945 she has no more illusions.
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