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After the Romanovs: Russian exiles in Paris between the wars by Helen Rappaport
$40.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes the story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought freedom and refuge in the City of Light. Paris has always been a city of cultural excellence, fine wine and food, and the latest fashions. But it has also b ...Show more
Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, 1917 by Helen Rappaport
$28.00 NZD
Category: World History
"A gripping, vivid, deeply researched chronicle of the Russian Revolution told through the eyes of a surprising, flamboyant cast of foreigners in Petrograd, superbly narrated by Helen Rappaport." (Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Romanovs). "Next year's centenary will prompt a raft of books on the ...Show more
Ekaterinburg : The Last Days of the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport
$38.00 NZD
Category: World History
On July 4, 1918, a new commandant took control of a closely guarded house in the Russian town of Ekaterinburg. His name was Yakov Yurovsky, and his prisoners were the Imperial family: the former Tsar Nicholas, his wife Alexandra and their children, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexey. Thirteen da ...Show more
Ekaterinburg: The Last Days of the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport
$28.00 NZD
Category: World History
This is a vivid and compelling account of the final thirteen days of the Romanovs, counting down to the last, tense hours of their lives. On 4 July 1918, a new commandant took control of a closely guarded house in the Russian town of Ekaterinburg. His name was Yakov Yurovsky, and his prisoners were the ...Show more
Four Sisters:the Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses by Helen Rappaport
$25.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: very good
On 17 July 1918, four young women walked down twenty-three steps into the cellar of a house in Ekaterinburg. The eldest was twenty-two, the youngest only seventeen. Together with their parents and their thirteen-year-old brother, they were all brutally murdered. Their crime: to be the daughters of the l ...Show more
Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert and the Death That Changed the Monarchy by Helen Rappaport
$28.00 NZD
Category: World History
When Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, died in December 1861 the nation was paralysed with grief. His death was a catastrophe for Victoria, who not only adored her husband but had, through twenty-one years of marriage, utterly relied on him: as companion, father of their children, friend, confida ...Show more
No Place for Ladies by Helen Rappaport
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
All children learn at school the story of Florence Nightingale - the Lady with the Lamp - who heroically tended the sick during the Crimean War. But she was not the only woman in the Crimea. It is usually assumed that women did not become involved in international conflict until the First World War. ...Show more
The Race to Save the Romanovs: The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue Russia's Imperial Family by Helen Rappaport
$30.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: near fine
A work of investigative history that will completely change the way in which we see the Romanov story. Finally, here is the truth about the secret plans to rescue Russia's last imperial family. On 17 July 1918, the whole of the Russian Imperial Family was murdered. There were no miraculous escapes. The ...Show more
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