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Exiled in Paris, tiny, one-hundred-year-old Mathilde Kschessinska sits down to write her memoirs before all that she believes to be true is forgotten. A lifetime ago, she was the vain, ambitious, impossibly charming prima ballerina assoluta of the tsar's Russian Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg. Now, as she looks back on her tumultuous life, she can still recall every slight she ever suffered, every conquest she ever made.
Kschessinka's riveting...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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xxviii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Investigating the murder of the Russian Imperial Family, Helen Rappaport embarks on a quest to uncover the many international plots to save them, why they failed, and who was responsible. The murder of the Romanov family in July 1918 horrified the world and its aftershocks still reverberate today. In Putin's autocratic Russia, the Revolution itself is considered a crime and its one hundredth anniversary was largely ignored. In stark contrast, the...
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2005]
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1 DVD (53 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Unprecedented access to the personal and professional lives of four of the remaining royal families. Go inside the gates for a look into the lives of today's monarchies (in Great Britain, Uganda, Tonga, and Nepal) and their relevance in today's world.
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
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412 p. : map. ; 22 cm.
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In alternating chapters, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia tell how their privileged lives as the daughters of the Tsar in early twentieth-century Russia are transformed by World War and revolution.
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Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
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292 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Traces the story of the Russian Revolution, the lives of the Romanov family, and the story of their tragic deaths, in an account that draws on primary source materials and includes period photography.
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
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xxv, 368 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table ; 25 cm.
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A study of the marriage of the last Russian tsar and tsarina offers psychological insights into their relationship and covers the Empress's ill health, their relationship with confidante Ania Vyrubova, and their reliance on the infamous Rasputin.
12) Saint Nicholas
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Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
2000
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle are traced by some historians back to Nicholas, the Bishop of Myra. This biography presents the life of Nicholas through a skillful blending of fact and legend.
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
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310 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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A novel in diary form in which the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II describes the privileged life her family led up until the time of World War I and the tragic events that befell them.
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2013.
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344 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
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"A compelling alternate history of the Romanov family in which a secret fifth daughter--smuggled out of Russia before the revolution--continues the royal lineage to dramatic consequences. In her riveting debut novel, The Secret Daughter of the Tsar, Jennifer Laam seamlessly braids together the stories of three women: Veronica, Lena, and Charlotte. Veronica is an aspiring historian living in present-day Los Angeles when she meets a mysterious man who...
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In Russia, in the summer of 1914, as war with Germany looms and the Czar's army tightens its grip on the local Jewish community, Miri Abramov and her brilliant physicist brother, Vanya, are facing an impossible decision. Since their parents drowned fleeing to America, Miri and Vanya have been raised by their babushka, a famous matchmaker who has taught them to protect themselves at all costs: to fight, to kill if necessary, and always to have an escape...
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2017.
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"After the final curtain of Swan Lake, an animated crowd exits the Mariinsky theatre brimming with excitement from the night's performance. But outside the scene is somber. A ballerina's body lies face down in the snow, blood splattered like rose petals over the costume of the Swan Queen. The crowd is silenced by a single cry-- "Nemetseva is dead!" Amongst the theatergoers is Lady Emily, accompanying her dashing husband Colin in Russia on assignment...
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