Archangel, Robert Harris | 9780099527930 | Boeken | bol (2024)

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What is the story of the Archangel by Robert Harris? ›

Set in post-Soviet Russia Harris posits the existence of a secret notebook that once belonged to Stalin and sends his main character, Dr. C.R.A. "Fluke" Kelso, a professor visiting Moscow, after the mysterious papers. Secreted by Beria after Stalin's death, no one seems to know of its existence.

Very Loosely Based on a True Story: The Western Allies actually did make incursions around the periphery of Russia in 1918-1919, including capturing the port of Archangel , in an effort to reconstitute an Eastern Front of World War I and, later, help the White Russians.

The "three angels' messages" is an interpretation of the messages given by three angels in Revelation 14:6–12.

A man (Daniel Craig) and the daughter (Yekaterina Rednikova) of a slain former agent investigate a mystery concerning dictator Josef Stalin.

Archangel / Film synopsis

Chapter 20 of the Book of Enoch mentions seven holy angels who watch, that often are considered the seven archangels: Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, Uriel, Sariel, Raguel, and Remiel. The Life of Adam and Eve lists the archangels as well: Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael and Joel.

Arkhangelsk (UK: /ˌɑːrkæŋˈɡɛlsk, ɑːrˈkæŋɡɛlsk/, US: /ɑːrˈkɑːnɡɛlsk/; Russian: Арха́нгельск, IPA: [ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲsk]), occasionally referred to in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.

Archangel appears as a three-part BBC series on IMDb, each about 45 minutes in length.

While the story relies heavily on historical events, the reader does not need to be familiar with the time period in order to be swept into the story. Harris presents all pertinent details and information clearly.

What is the plot of The Second Sleep by Robert Harris? ›

The action is set in Wessex, 1468. A young priest from a regional monastery travels by horse to bury a fellow clergyman in a small village. There seems to be some mystery about how he died, although this segues into a bigger mystery about what he was researching and what the hell has happened to this world.

'The Angel' by William Blake presents a dream in which a speaker as a “maiden Queen” was guarded by an angel. He left the speaker in distress and reappeared when she grew old. Blake's poem describes a dream that the speaker dreamt. In the dream, she was a maiden Queen and her guardian angel protected her all day long.

The film The Angel, Netflix's latest thriller about a real-life Egyptian man who spied for Israel in the 1970s, revisits a turbulent time in Middle Eastern history. In 1973, Egyptian and Syrian forces launched an attack on Israel on the holy day of Yom Kippur, setting off what would turn into a weeks-long war.

The work unfolds as a dramatic conflict between the two extremes of human existence -- one divine, the other evil. The work's title is inspired by the Sydney Opera House itself, with its halo-shaped acoustical ornaments hanging directly above the performance stage.

Leader of the cherubim and representive of the splendour of God. Believed to be the archangel armed with a flaming sword who drove Adam and Eve out of Eden and guarded the gate to prevent their re-entry. He protects those who seek the truth.