| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 492 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Note |
"First published in Great Britain under the title Four Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-467) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue : the room of the first and last door -- Mother love -- La petite duchesse -- My god! "what a disappointment! ... a fourth girl! -- The hope of Russia -- The Big Pair and The Little Pair -- The Shtandart -- Our friend -- Royal cousins -- In St Petersburg we work, but at Livadia we live -- Cupid by the thrones -- The Little One will not die -- Lord send happiness to him, my beloved one -- God Save the Tsar! -- Sisters of mercy -- We cannot drop our work in the hospitals -- The outside life -- Terrible things are going on in St Petersburg -- Good-bye : don't forget me -- On Freedom Street -- Thank god we are still in Russia and all together -- They knew it was the end when I was with them -- Prisoners of the Ural Regional Soviet -- Epilogue : victims of repression. |
| Source |
NBK 6/14 PPL |
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Don 08.2016 PARS |
| Subject |
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 -- Assassination.
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Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 -- Family -- Assassination.
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Romanov, House of -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
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Princesses -- Russia -- Biography -- Sources.
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Sisters.
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HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
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| Other Editions: |
Reproduction of (manifestation): Rappaport, Helen. Four sisters London : Macmillan, 2014 9780230768178 |
| ISBN |
9781250020208 |
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1250020204 |
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