Novels about great and bright feelings have not lost their popularity for many decades. But much more interesting are those books in which real love stories of great people were described. Life has tested them to the limit, but feelings have proven stronger than distance, disease, borders and even death. Our review today features poignant and romantic books about unfictional love.
“Gala and Salvador Dali. Love on the Canvas of Time,” by Sophia Benoit
Probably no couple was better known and brighter than Elena Diakonova and Salvador Dali. She was ten years older than the artist, and he was simply on the verge of insanity by the time he met Gala. Their relationship could not be called calm, cloudless and even romantic. It was all-consuming passion, loud quarrels, violent reconciliations. Everything in this story is amazing, including a whole new way of looking at feelings.
“How to Steal a King? The Wallis Simpson Story,” by Arina Polyakova
At one time the abdication of King Edward VIII of Great Britain made a lot of noise all over the world. But did it mean anything when his happiness with Wallis Simpson lasted as long as 35 years! The reader can learn many details about the meeting and feelings between Edward and Wallis Simpson, the sacrifices made for love, and how together they were able to pass through a veil of gossip and false rumors.
“Has anyone seen my girl? 100 Letters to Seryozha,” Karina Dobrotvorskaya
A collection of letters from the famous journalist Karina Dobrotvorskaya to her lover, the talented screenwriter and film critic Sergei Dobrotvorsky, can hardly leave anyone indifferent. They were considered the brightest bohemian couple in St. Petersburg in the late 1990s, and they parted ways never to meet again. Each of them tried to escape from this painful love. She to another city, and he to a world from which there is no return. The fact is that Sergei Dobrotvorsky died just a few months after the breakup. Karina, however, began writing letters to her late ex-husband, trying to make sense of herself.
“Letters to Vera,” Vladimir Nabokov
The marriage of Vera and Vladimir Nabokov lasted 52 years. The writer’s wife helped and supported her husband under any circumstances. She herself took care of those things that Vladimir Nabokov did not like: the answers to letters and phone calls. He wrote heartfelt letters to his beloved wife and invariably thanked her for the happiness of being with her.
“Diana and Charles. A lonely princess loves a prince…”, Sophia Benoit
It seems that many volumes have been written about this love story of the queen of people’s hearts for her prince. And yet it is worthy of attention, because Diana Spencer is not much different from thousands of other representatives of the fair sex, who dream of a fabulous life, if not in a palace, then in a luxurious mansion, but in return they get a golden cage and imitation of happiness. Sophia Benoit tries again and again to find the answer to the question of who is really responsible for Lady Di’s death.
“Grace Kelly. Princess of Monaco,” by E. Mishanenkova
The story seemed like a fairy tale of Cinderella meeting her prince. Prince Rainier met Grace Kelly in Cannes, fell in love with her at first sight and made her a real princess. She, on the other hand, almost regretfully gave up her career as an actress for the sake of her feelings. She desperately longed for the time when she went out on the set, but she loved her husband too much to embarrass him by continuing to act in movies.
“Vladimir Vysotsky. The Bard and the Frenchwoman,” by Fedor Razzakov
The love story of the Soviet bard and the French actress was not as beautiful and romantic as was commonly believed. In fact, Vladimir Vysotsky and Marina Vladimirovna, who were legally married, never managed to create a real family. They were separated by borders and thousands of kilometers, and were connected by phone calls and not too frequent meetings. And yet they had each other, loved, suffered and believed for 12 whole years.