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Russian Court at Sea
Frances Welch
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Description for Russian Court at Sea
Paperback. On 11th April 1919, less than a year after the assassination of the Romanovs, the British battleship HMS Marlborough left Yalta carrying the Russian Imperial Family into perpetual exile. The Russian Court at Sea vividly recreates this unlikely voyage, with its bizarre assortment of warring characters and its priceless cargo of treasure. Num Pages: 239 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
On 11th April 1919, less than a year after the assassination of the Romanovs, the British battleship HMS Marlborough left Yalta carrying the Russian Imperial Family into perpetual exile. The Russian Court at Sea vividly recreates this unlikely voyage, with its bizarre assortment of warring characters and its priceless cargo of treasure.
On 11th April 1919, less than a year after the assassination of the Romanovs, the British battleship HMS Marlborough left Yalta carrying the Russian Imperial Family into perpetual exile. The Russian Court at Sea vividly recreates this unlikely voyage, with its bizarre assortment of warring characters and its priceless cargo of treasure.
Product Details
Publisher
Short Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781907595707
SKU
V9781907595707
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Frances Welch
Frances Welch is the author of The Imperial Tea Party (2018), Rasputin: A Short Life (2014), The Russian Court at Sea (2011), A Romanov Fantasy (2008) and The Romanovs & Mr Gibbes (2004), all published by Short Books. Frances Welch has written for The Sunday Telegraph, Granta and The Spectator. She lives in Aldeburgh, Suffolk with her husband, Craig Brown.
Reviews for Russian Court at Sea
A gripping account of the Romanovs' choppy passage into exile. Welch's detective work has produced a book that is wonderfully witty and sad by turns.
Mail on Sunday
The book's readability and telling use of detail are splendid.
Spectator
A quirky and gripping vignette of 20th-century Russian history.
Sunday Times
A gripping account of the Romanovs choppy passage into exile. Welch s detective work has produced a book that is wonderfully witty and sad by turns.
Mail on Sunday
Yes, it's been told before, but the 1919 exile of the Romanov family from Russia, in which they sailed on HMS Marlborough, is a splendidly exotic story that is well worth another airing; and Frances Welsh does it grippingly here, with lots of details I hadn't come across before. I loved to read of the goods they brought with them, including rolled-up Rembrandt paintings, Faberge eggs and other treasures of the sort. What a pilgrimage, to be sure.
Sunday Telegraph
A fascinating, poignant portrait of a bizarre collection of people caught up in the chaos of their exodus"
The Irish Times
A voyage of delight - revealing, fascinating and by turns shocking and amusing - a story so extraordinary that it reads like a novel.
Lancashire Evening Post
Brooks gets inside the head, explains how the brain works... it's like frieze-framing a novel and discussing the motivation of the characters. It's fascinating...
Evening Standard
Mail on Sunday
The book's readability and telling use of detail are splendid.
Spectator
A quirky and gripping vignette of 20th-century Russian history.
Sunday Times
A gripping account of the Romanovs choppy passage into exile. Welch s detective work has produced a book that is wonderfully witty and sad by turns.
Mail on Sunday
Yes, it's been told before, but the 1919 exile of the Romanov family from Russia, in which they sailed on HMS Marlborough, is a splendidly exotic story that is well worth another airing; and Frances Welsh does it grippingly here, with lots of details I hadn't come across before. I loved to read of the goods they brought with them, including rolled-up Rembrandt paintings, Faberge eggs and other treasures of the sort. What a pilgrimage, to be sure.
Sunday Telegraph
A fascinating, poignant portrait of a bizarre collection of people caught up in the chaos of their exodus"
The Irish Times
A voyage of delight - revealing, fascinating and by turns shocking and amusing - a story so extraordinary that it reads like a novel.
Lancashire Evening Post
Brooks gets inside the head, explains how the brain works... it's like frieze-framing a novel and discussing the motivation of the characters. It's fascinating...
Evening Standard