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...picture of upper-class Europe in the decades before the War, with particular emphasis on those forces within society that were even then laying the ground for conflict. The emotional life of Julian Bern, precociously intelligent son of an English consul in Italy, began with a love affair with Zena, a Russian princess, whose noble family, perverse, gifted, incredibly wealthy, gave evidence of the fatal decadence of Russian rulers. One of Zena's aunts, under the influence of religious charlatans who were then dominant at the Russian court, wanted to subsidize Pan-Slavic conspirators in the Balkans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Prelude to Battle | 9/9/1935 | See Source »

Near Binghamton, N. Y., Zena Brown went swimming with red painted toenails, suddenly felt something bite off her right big toe. Her companion, Colonel Elmer E. Johnson, explained that a snapping turtle or big fish had been deceived by the painted toenail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 26, 1935 | 8/26/1935 | See Source »

...Master Clifford Patterson is decorating a beautiful heart, cut out of hollywood. Wonder whom it is for? Of course it is not for Zena; he would not want to give her two." - [Western...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/16/1883 | See Source »

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