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After the Romanovs: The Extraordinary Lives of Russian Exiles in Paris Between the Wars

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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.

Author: Rappaport Helen
Publisher: SCRIBE PUBLICATIONS
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9781914484766
Cover: Paperback
Edition Number: 1
Release Year: 2023

Helen Rappaport is a historian with a specialism in late Imperial Russia and the Victorians. She is the author of thirteen published books, including the Sunday Times bestseller Four Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses; Ekaterinburg: The Last Days of the Romanovs and Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, 1917. Helen is also historical consultant to the ITV drama series, Victoria and her books about the Victorians include Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert and the Death that Changed the Monarchy.

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