After the Romanovs - Helen Rappaport

After the Romanovs

the extraordinary lives of Russian exiles in Paris between the wars

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
336 Seiten
2023
Scribe Publications (Verlag)
978-1-914484-76-6 (ISBN)
13,70 inkl. MwSt
A TLS AND PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR


The scintillating story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought refuge in interwar Paris.


The fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917 forced thousands of Russians to flee their homeland with only the clothes on their backs. Many came to France’s glittering capital, Paris. Former princes drove taxicabs, while their wives found work in the fashion houses. Intellectuals, artists, poets, philosophers, and writers eked out a living at menial jobs; some found success until the economic downturn of the 1930s hit. In exile, White Russians sought to overthrow the Bolshevik regime from afar, and double agents plotted from both sides. Many Russians became trapped in a cycle of poverty and their all-consuming homesickness.


This is their story.

Dr Helen Rappaport is the New York Times bestselling author of several books, including Magnificent Obsession, Four Sisters, and Caught in the Revolution. She is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a specialist in imperial Russian and Victorian history, and a frequent historical consultant on TV and radio. She lives in West Dorset.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 8 page black and white picture section
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10 1-914484-76-2 / 1914484762
ISBN-13 978-1-914484-76-6 / 9781914484766
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