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Helen F. Rappaport was born in 1947 in Bromley. She is a British historian, author, and actress. She studied Russian at Leeds University where she was involved in the university theatre group and launched her acting career. After acting with the Leeds University theatre group she appeared in näytä lisää several television series including Crown Court, Love Hurts and The Bill. In the early nineties she became a copy editor for academic publishers Blackwell and OUP. She also contributed to historical and biographical reference works published by Cassell and Readers Digest. She became a full-time writer in 1998, writing three books including An Encyclopaedia of Women Social Reformers in 2001, with a foreword by Marian Wright Edelman. It won an award in 2002 from the American Library Association as an Outstanding Reference Source. Her 2008 book Ekaterinburg: The Last Days of the Romanovs received many positive reviews in both the UK and US where it became a bestseller. Her titles include: Joseph Stalin: A Biographical Companion, Conspirator: Lenin in Exile, Magnificent Obsession; Victoria, Albert and the Death that Changed the Monarchy, and Capturing the Light: The Birth of Photography. In 2014 her title, The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän

Sisältää nimet: Helen Rappapot, Helen Rappaport

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4.5 stars, this is fascinating and detailed and so sad. I would have liked some perspective from the peasants and lower class of the country regarding their feelings towards the Romanovs, as they are painted quite innocent and gentle here. I don't doubt that they were, and their time helping in the hospital is admirable, but I wonder how much privilege they realized they had.
Anastasia was a favorite movie when I was little, so this is even more sad knowing it is all fiction.
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KallieGrace | 45 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 18, 2024 |
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"Princess Diana's of their time"
a story of the Romanovs girls and their family.
 
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cfulton20 | 45 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Nov 13, 2023 |
Em 17 de julho de 1918, quatro jovens mulheres desceram 32 degraus até o porão de uma casa em Ecaterimburgo, na Rússia. A mais velha tinha 22 anos e a mais nova, apenas dezessete. Junto com os pais e o irmão de treze anos, foram cruelmente assassinadas. Seus crimes: serem filhas do último tsar da Rússia. Muita coisa foi escrita sobre Nicolau II, sua mulher Alexandra e o trágico destino da família imperial, como também sobre a Revolução Russa de 1917, mas pouco se disse sobre o drama das princesas Romanov, que sempre foram vistas como personagens secundárias dessa trama. Em As irmãs Romanov, no entanto, a aclamada biógrafa Helen Rappaport traz a história delas para o centro da narrativa e oferece aos leitores o mais completo relato da vida das grã-duquesas Olga, Tatiana, Maria e Anastácia. Tendo por base as cartas e os diários das jovens e em fontes primárias nunca antes examinadas, Rappaport desenha um quadro vívido das irmãs nos últimos dias da dinastia Romanov. Seguimos as grã-duquesas desde o nascimento, passando pela infância superprotegida, até os anos de juventude ― as primeiras paixões, os sonhos, a dificuldade de lidar com um irmão hemofílico e uma mãe cronicamente inválida ― e, por fim, o trauma da Revolução e suas terríveis consequências. Com um texto instigante, baseado em uma pesquisa meticulosa, As irmãs Romanov dá voz a essas quatro jovens e é capaz de comover leitores um século depois de suas mortes trágicas e prematuras.… (lisätietoja)
 
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Twerp1231 | 45 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Oct 8, 2023 |
I was a bit disappointed. The book describes at length the events and the perspective of the Queen and the Royal Family but does not put in perspective of the evolution of Royal versus parliamentary power in Britain . I think that the fact that Victoria more or less stood back from active involvement on government for 15 years and more allowed the British Constitution to develop towards the constitutional monarchy of today.
Early in the book there is discussion of Albert intervening in foreign policy decisions to avoid a war with USA over trade blockades during the civil war. By the end of Victoria's reign it would have been inconceivable that the monarch would have this role. This was not discussed in book.… (lisätietoja)
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stanleykaye | 9 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jun 24, 2023 |

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