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Helen Rappaport
Dr Helen Rappaport is the New York Times bestselling author of several…
DiscoverAn evening with Helen Rappaport
The acclaimed historian will be talking about her new book, After The Romanovs: Russian exiles in Paris between the wars.
“A writer of great compassion.” Lucy Worsley
“The poignant, infuriating story of Russian exiles in interwar
Paris – a super book. “(Edward Lucas, The Times)
“Absorbing and poignantly topical...harrowing, inspiring
and illuminating”. (Miranda Seymour, London Review of
Books)
Tickets are £10 from the White Hart, The Spar or the Old School Gallery or from pccsec.yetminster@gmail.com.
After the Romanovs
A TLS and Prospect Book of the Year
From the internationally bestselling author of Four Sisters comes the story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought refuge in Belle Époque Paris.
From the time of Peter the Great, Paris was the playground of the tsarist aristocracy. But the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917 forced Russians of all types to flee their homeland. Leaving with only the clothes on their backs, many came to France’s glittering capital. Paris was no longer an amusement, but a refuge.
There, former princes could be seen driving taxicabs, while their wives found work…
