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Книга Хелен Раппапорт — уникальная биографическая работа. Она возвращает читателю образ настоящих, живых сестер Романовых. Записи из личных дневников княжон, на которых построена книга, рисуют портреты умных, чувствительных и восприимчивых к реальности девушек, тонко (и порой неожиданно) воспринимавших и переживавших судьбу России на переломе эпох. Ранее недоступные широкой российской публике обширные материалы из архивов — как официальных (в том числе и архивов различных царских домов Европы), так и частных (среди которых особую ценность имеют воспоминания тех, кто, кто близко знал сестер Романовых), дополняют картину, позволяют воссоздать…

Новая книга от автора бестселлера "Дневники княжон Романовых" Хелен Раппапорт, основанная на редчайших, забытых или считавшихся утерянными архивных материалах, переносит читателя в Петроград 1917 года, переживающий самые драматические моменты своей истории. Мастерски воссоздавая дух эпохи, автор показывает те события глазами их участников (часто — невольных) и очевидцев, давая возможность в полном смысле пережить их заново. В ходе повествования читатель из роскошных дворцовых залов и с посольских приемов попадет на питерские улицы и площади, из театров и ресторанов — в мрачные подворотни и дворы. Его спутниками будут аристократы и…

Новая книга от автора бестселлеров "Дневники княжон Романовых" и "Застигнутые революцией" посвящена самой неизвестной странице жизни последнего российского императора — попыткам спасти от гибели Николая II и его семью. Историческое расследование, основанное на недавно обнаруженных архивных материалах из России, США, Испании и Великобритании, прежде недоступных даже отечественным историкам, тщательно восстанавливает драматические события весны и лета 1917 года. Венценосные европейские родственники Романовых и матросы-большевики, русские монархисты и британские разведчики — всем им история отвела свою роль в судьбе российской царской…

На рубеже веков Париж был излюбленным местом отдыха русских аристократов, тративших в местных ресторанах и кабаре баснословные суммы. Но всего через пару десятилетий он стал убежищем для десятков тысяч русских, — и одновременно городом-проклятием, где они страдали от нищеты и тоски по России. Потомственные князья и прославленные генералы становились таксистами, рабочими на заводах Ситроена и Рено, а то и вовсе дворниками и мойщиками посуды. А их жены — моделями и швеями.

Несмотря на все тяготы, русская культура цвела даже в Париже — ручная вышивка талантливых аристократок нашла свою дорогу к модному дому Шанель, на целое десятилетие введя в моду «русский стиль». Гремели имена Дягилева, Шагала, Стравинского и Бунина; создавалась русская пресса, школы, профсоюзы и дома призрения. Но далеко не всем эмигрантам удавалось влиться во французское общество: одни закончили жизнь в нищете, а некоторые пали жертвой чекистских вербовок...

Написанная на основе сотен архивных источников, книга историка Хелен Раппапорт — это красочный репортаж из прошлого, рассказывающий трагическую историю русской эмиграции устами ее очевидцев.

As she did in her critically acclaimed The Last Days of the Romanovs, Helen Rappaport brings a compelling documentary feel to the story of this royal marriage and of the queen's obsessive love for her husband – a story that began as fairy tale and ended in tragedy.

After the untimely death of Prince Albert, the queen and her nation were plunged into a state of grief so profound that this one event would dramatically alter the shape of the British monarchy. For Britain had not just lost a prince: during his twenty year marriage to Queen Victoria, Prince Albert had increasingly performed the function of King in all but name. The outpouring of grief after Albert's death was so extreme, that its like would not be seen again until the death of Princess Diana 136 years later.

Drawing on many letters, diaries and memoirs from the Royal Archives and other neglected sources, as well as the newspapers of the day, Rappaport offers a new perspective on this compelling historical psychodrama--the crucial final months of the prince's life and the first long, dark ten years of the Queen's retreat from public view. She draws a portrait of a queen obsessed with her living husband and – after his death – with his enduring place in history. Magnificent Obsession will also throw new light on the true nature of the prince's chronic physical condition, overturning for good the 150-year old myth that he died of typhoid fever.

On 17 July 1918, the Russian Revolution came for the former Tsar Nicholas, his wife Alexandra, and their children – Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexey. The House of Romanov died in a blaze of bullets.
It didn’t have to end this way. The Romanovs’ royal relatives in Europe and the Allied governments – as well as monarchists within Russia – were making every effort to get them out before it was too late, negotiating a tricky web of political – and personal – challenges. Their plans to evacuate the royal family by land, sea, and even sky all came to naught. Why were the world’s mightiest nations powerless to save the Romanovs?
Historian Helen Rappaport weaves an incredible detective story, drawing on an unprecedented range of unseen sources. Through countless twists and turns, she reveals a tragic story of fierce loyalty, bitter rivalries and devastating betrayals, culminating in the execution of the abandoned Imperial family.

The official companion to ITV’s hotly anticipated new drama, The Victoria Letters delves into the private writings of the young Queen Victoria, painting a vivid picture of the personal life of one of England’s greatest monarchs.

From the producers of Poldark and Endeavour, ITV’s Victoria follows the early years of the young Queen’s reign, based closely on Victoria’s own letters and journals. Now explore this extensive collection in greater depth, and discover who Victoria really was behind her upright public persona.

At only 18 years old, Victoria ascended the throne as a rebellious teenager and gradually grew to become one of the most memorable, unshakeable and powerful women in history. The extensive writings she left behind document this personal journey and show how she triumphed over scandal and corruption. Written by Internationally bestselling author, historian of 12 books and Victoria historical consultant, Helen Rappaport, and including a foreword by Daisy Goodwin – acclaimed novelist and screenwriter of the series – The Victoria Letters details the history behind the show. Revealing Victoria’s own thoughts about the love interests, family dramas and court scandals during her early reign, it also delves into the running of the royal household, the upstairs-downstairs relationships, and what it was like to live in Victorian England.

Full of beautiful photography from the series and genuine imagery from the era, come behind the palace doors and discover the girl behind the Queen.

Rappaport, an expert in the field of Russian history, brings you the riveting day-by-day account of the last fourteen days of the Russian Imperial family, in this first of two books about the Romanovs. Her second book The Romanov Sisters, offering a never-before-seen glimpse at the lives of the Tsar's beautiful daughters and a celebration of their unique stories, will be published in 2014.

The brutal murder of the Russian Imperial family on the night of July 16–17, 1918 has long been a defining moment in world history. The Last Days of the Romanovs reveals in exceptional detail how the conspiracy to kill them unfolded.

In the vivid style of a TV documentary, Helen Rappaport reveals both the atmosphere inside the family's claustrophobic prison and the political maneuverings of those who wished to save―or destroy―them. With the watching world and European monarchies proving incapable of saving the Romanovs, the narrative brings this tragic story to life in a compellingly new and dramatic way, culminating in a bloody night of horror in a cramped basement room.

From the internationally bestselling author of Four Sisters comes the story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought refuge in Belle Epoque Paris.
From the time of Peter the Great, Paris was the playground of the tsarist aristocracy. But the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917 forced Russians of all types to flee their homeland. Leaving with only the clothes on their backs, many came to France’s glittering capital. Paris was no longer an amusement, but a refuge.
There, former princes could be seen driving taxicabs, while their wives found work in the fashion houses, where their unique Russian style inspired designers such as Coco Chanel. Talented intellectuals, artists, poets, philosophers, and writers eked out a living at menial jobs, while others found great success. Nijinsky, Diaghilev, Bunin, Chagall, and Stravinsky joined Picasso, Hemingway, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein in the creative crucible of the Annees folles.
Politics as much as art absorbed the emigres. Activists sought to overthrow the Bolshevik regime from afar, while double agents plotted espionage and assassination from both sides. Others became trapped in a cycle of poverty and their all-consuming homesickness for Russia, the land they had been forced to abandon.
This is their story.