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This is a well-written and thorough book about the four Grand Duchesses. I have already read Rappaport's Ekaterinburg and I think it's an excellent (if horrific) follow-up to this book. Rappaport knows how much to include in this book so that the reader gets the story, but doesn't end up writing two books about the same topic.
I liked that we started with Alexandra and here mother because it gives the reader a suggestion of why the Empress was such a hypochondriac and generally nervous. The book focusses on the daughters but we get a good look at the parents too, along with the longed-for son Alexey. All four of the daughters come through as individuals and all four are very down-to-earth and happy with the simple things. When they are locked up in Siberia, the girls take pleasure from little things like the smell of a fir tree or the dawn chorus.
You heart aches for these girls as they grow into teenagers and become young women. Their time as nurses in WW1 is eye-opening because it shows them in a humble and hardworking light.
This is a really interesting and accessible book for anyone interested in this time period or the Romanov family.
I liked that we started with Alexandra and here mother because it gives the reader a suggestion of why the Empress was such a hypochondriac and generally nervous. The book focusses on the daughters but we get a good look at the parents too, along with the longed-for son Alexey. All four of the daughters come through as individuals and all four are very down-to-earth and happy with the simple things. When they are locked up in Siberia, the girls take pleasure from little things like the smell of a fir tree or the dawn chorus.
You heart aches for these girls as they grow into teenagers and become young women. Their time as nurses in WW1 is eye-opening because it shows them in a humble and hardworking light.
This is a really interesting and accessible book for anyone interested in this time period or the Romanov family.