Helen Rappaport
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"They were the Princess Dianas of their day--perhaps the most photographed and talked about young royals of the early twentieth century. The four captivating Russian Grand Duchesses--Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Romanov--were much admired for their happy dispositions, their looks, the clothes they wore and their privileged lifestyle. Over the years, the story of the four Romanov sisters and their tragic end in a basement at Ekaterinburg in 1918...
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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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From New York Timesbestselling author Helen Rappaport comes asuperb and revealing biographyof Mary Seacole that is testament to her remarkable achievements andcorrective to the myths that have grown around her. Raised in Jamaica, Mary Seacole first came to England in the 1850s afterworking in Panama. She wanted tovolunteer as a nurse and aide during the Crimean War.When her services were rejected,she financed her own expedition to Balaclava, where...
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