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RAPPAPORT**, HELEN: : FOUR SISTERS: The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses

LONDON.MACMILLAN/an imprint of Pan Macmillan,2014.

ISBN 9780230768178.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around,matt black background with sisters'/subjects' montage'd four monochrome portrait photographs to front of dw/dj,a bright,crisp,decorative foliage gilt border with author's capitalised,gilt-lettered name,part+subtitle respectively,within the border.Spine/backstrip with author's capitalised,gilt-lettered name,part+subtitle as the front's and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name and red illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with a similar decorative foliage gilt border as front's with 6 critics' white-lettered reviews; 3 each for her titles 'EKATERINBURG' and 'MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION' respectively.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners with minimal pushing to foot of spine - but no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges inevitably but lightly and minimally aged/toned and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,ix-xviiipp+1-491pp [paginated] includes an Illustrations list/table,a 5pp Glossary of names,author's Note,a Prologue,22 chapters and an Epilogue,16pp of contemporary b/w,sepia biographical photographs, colour trade card portraits,in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp172/73 and pp300/01 respectively; Acknowledgements,Notes,a 17pp Bibliographyand an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,a Contents list/table,and an epigram [1 Corinthians 13:13 - So now faith,hope and love abide,theswe three; but the greatest of these is love.]  See my book ID rja1172124 for another but joint authored title by this author [CAPTURING THE LIGHT. with Roger Watson.A co-author (RW) SIGNED copy.] Visually,the external appearance is still exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it’s 10 year-old age.It is only the minimal fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for it’s brightnesss,cleanliness and lack of other age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in a book of this age. On 17 July 1918, four young women walked down twenty-three steps into the cellar of a house in Ekaterinburg.The eldest was twenty-two, the youngest only seventeen.Together with their parents and their thirteen-year-old brother, they were all brutally murdered.Their crime: to be the daughters of the last Tsar and Tsaritsa of All the Russias.                              Much has been written about Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra and their tragic fate, as it has about the Russian Revolutions of 1917, but little attention has been paid to the Romanov princesses, who perhaps inevitably have been seen as minor players in the drama. In 'Four Sisters', however, acclaimed biographer Helen Rappaport puts them centre stage and offers readers the most authoritative account yet of the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. Drawing on their own letters and diaries and other hitherto unexamined primary sources, she paints a vivid picture of their lives in the dying days of the Romanov dynasty. We see, almost for the first time, their journey from a childhood of enormous privilege, throughout which they led a very sheltered and largely simple life, to young womanhood their first romantic crushes, their hopes and dreams, the difficulty of  coping with a mother who was a chronic invalid and a haeomophiliac brother, and, latterly, the trauma of the revolution and its terrible consequences. Compellingly readable, meticulously researched and deeply moving,'Four Sisters' gives these young women a voice,and allows their story to resonate for readers almost a century after their death.                                Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples.                                N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE.                     ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! 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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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