After the Romanovs
Russian exiles in Paris between the wars
(Sprache: Englisch)
A TLS and Prospect Book of the Year
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A TLS and Prospect Book of the YearFrom 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 in the fashion houses, where their unique Russian style inspired designers such as Coco Chanel. Talented intellectuals, artists, poets, philosophers, and writers eked out a living at menial jobs, while others found great success. Nijinsky, Diaghilev, Bunin, Chagall, and Stravinsky joined Picasso, Hemingway, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein in the creative crucible of the Années folles.
Politics as much as art absorbed the emigrés. Activists sought to overthrow the Bolshevik regime from afar, while double agents plotted espionage and assassination from both sides. Others became trapped in a cycle of poverty and their all-consuming homesickness for Russia, the land they had been forced to abandon.
This is their story.
Autoren-Porträt von Helen Rappaport
Dr Helen Rappaport is the New York Times bestselling author of several books, including Magnificent Obsession, Four Sisters, and Caught in the Revolution. She is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a specialist in imperial Russian and Victorian history, and a frequent historical consultant on TV and radio. She lives in West Dorset.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Helen Rappaport
- 2022, XVI, 317 Seiten, Maße: 15,8 x 23,9 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Scribe UK
- ISBN-10: 1914484290
- ISBN-13: 9781914484292
- Erscheinungsdatum: 13.10.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
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