Helen Rappaport: 11 books
The Romanov Sisters
The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
A 12-WEEK NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Helen Rappaport paints a compelling portrait of the doomed grand duchesses." —People magazine
"The public spoke of the sisters in a gentile, superficial manner, but Rappaport captures sections of letters and diary entries to showcase...
The Race to Save the Romanovs
The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue the Russian Imperial Family
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
In this international bestseller investigating the murder of the Russian Imperial Family, Helen Rappaport embarks on a quest to uncover the various plots and plans to save them, why they failed, and who was responsible.
The murder of the Romanov family in July 1918 horrified the world, and...
by Helen Rappaport
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 21, 2015
La historia, tan cautivadora como trágica, de Olga, Tatiana, María y Anastasia, hijas del último zar y las cuatro princesas más glamourosas de Europa.
Cuatro preciosas jóvenes, tal vez las más admiradas y fotografiadas de la realeza de principios del siglo XX, objeto de incesantes rumores,...
Caught in the Revolution
Petrograd, Russia, 1917 - A World on the Edge
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters, Caught in the Revolution is Helen Rappaport's masterful telling of the outbreak of the Russian Revolution through eye-witness accounts left by foreign nationals who saw the drama unfold.
Between the first revolution in February...
De gezusters Romanov
de verloren levens van de dochters van tsaar Nikolaas II
Language: Dutch
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Indringend portret van de vier Romanov prinsessen
‘Beeldend en schitterend verteld, dit is verhalende geschiedenis op zijn best.’ – The Bookseller
In de vroege ochtend van woensdag 17 juli 1918 wordt het gezin van de laatste tsaar van Rusland wakker gemaakt door hun bewakers, met het...
Midden in de Revolutie
Petrograd, 1917
Language: Dutch
Release Date: October 6, 2016
‘Een wonderbaarlijke waaier van observaties, de meeste misplaatst, sommige ronduit bizar. Een heerlijk en opmerkelijk boek.’ - The Times
'Russische "schelmen" veranderen de geschiedenis.' Lovende boekrecensie in Trouw.
In 2017 is het honderd jaar geleden dat de Russische Revolutie...
A Magnificent Obsession
Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
As she did in her critically acclaimed The Last Days of the Romanovs, Helen Rappaport brings a compelling documentary feel to the story of this royal marriage and of the queen's obsessive love for her husband – a story that began as fairy tale and ended in tragedy.
After the untimely death...
The Last Days of the Romanovs
Tragedy at Ekaterinburg
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2009
Rappaport, an expert in the field of Russian history, brings you the riveting day-by-day account of the last fourteen days of the Russian Imperial family, in this first of two books about the Romanovs. Her second book The Romanov Sisters, offering a never-before-seen glimpse at the lives of the Tsar's...
Victoria: The Heart and Mind of a Young Queen
Official Companion to the Masterpiece Presentation on PBS
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Foreword by Daisy Goodwin
The official companion to ITV’s hotly anticipated new drama, Victoria delves into the private writings of the young Queen Victoria, painting a vivid picture of the personal life of one of England’s greatest monarchs.
From the producers of Poldark and Endeavour,...
Conspirator
Lenin in Exile
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
The father of Communist Russia, Vladimir Ilych Lenin now seems to have emerged fully formed in the turbulent wake ofWorldWar I and the Russian Revolution. But Lenin's character was in fact forged much earlier, over the course of years spent in exile, constantly on the move, and in disguise.
In...
Capturing the Light
The Birth of Photography, a True Story of Genius and Rivalry
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
An intimate look at the journeys of two men—a gentleman scientist and a visionary artist—as they struggled to capture the world around them, and in the process invented modern photography
During the 1830s, in an atmosphere of intense scientific enquiry fostered by the industrial revolution,...