After the Romanovs : Russian exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque through revolution and war

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"From Helen Rappaport, the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes After the Romanovs, 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 been a place of refuge for those fleeing persecution, never more so than before and after the Russian Revoluti...

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ISBN:

9781250777201
9781250273109

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xvi, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map (some colour) ; 25 cm

Notes:

Map on endpapers
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Russians in Paris: Cast of characters
La Tournée des Grands Ducs
"We really did stagger the world"
"Paris taught me, enriched me, beggared me, put me on my feet"
"We had outlived our epoch and were doomed"
"I never thought I would have to drag out my life as an Émigré"
"Paris is full of Russians"
"How ruined Russians earn a living"
"We are not in exile, we are on a mission"
"Emperor Kirill of All the Russias"
"Ubiquitous intriguers," spies, and assassins
"A far violin among near balalaikas"
"I forever pity the exile, a prisoner, an invalid."

LCCN:

2021044046

Control Number:

3112895

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