I’ll begin my meditation in 1825, at the Decembrist uprising.The Decembrists were young officers in the czar’s army who fought in the Napoleonic wars and found out about the Enlightenment and came home wanting
I booked this town believing that we would spend a quiet time in a small country town off the beaten track. How wrong we were. Either everyone had the same idea of going there to get away from it all or it is not such a great big secret after all. One of the great attractions, ...
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The action is based on real events and the clothes are accurate. People talk in the way that they would have done in the past even if they do it with a modern American accent. For many people, a historical film will be the closest they come to discovering the past. It is still ...
) In a naive manner. Naivete (n.) Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness; artlessness. Naivety (n.) Naivete. Nake (v.t.) To make naked. Naked (a.) Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword. Naked (a.) Having...