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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Rappaport, Helen, author.     Subjects     Russians -- France -- Paris -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.     Russians -- France -- Paris -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.     Russians -- France -- Paris -- Social conditions -- 20th century.     Political refugees -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.     Exiles -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.     Russians -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.     Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Rappaport, Helen, author.       by title:      After the Romanovs :...         MARC Display

After the Romanovs : Russian exiles in Paris from the Belle époque through revolution and war / Helen Rappaport. by Rappaport, Helen, author. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022. Subjects Russians -- France -- Paris -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.   Russians -- France -- Paris -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.   Russians -- France -- Paris -- Social conditions -- 20th century.   Political refugees -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.   Exiles -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.   Russians -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.   Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781250273109 (hardcover) : 1250273102 (hardcover) : Description:  xvi, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Russians in Paris: Cast of characters -- Chapter 1: La Tournée des Grands Ducs -- Chapter 2: "We really did stagger the world" -- Chapter 3: "Paris taught me, enriched me, beggared me, put me on my feet" -- Chapter 4: "We had outlived our epoch and were doomed" -- Chapter 5: "I never thought I would have to drag out my life as an Émigré" -- Chapter 6: "Paris is full of Russians" -- Chapter 7: "How ruined Russians earn a living" -- Chapter 8: "We are not in exile, we are on a mission" -- Chapter 9: Emperor Kirill of All the Russias -- Chapter 10: "Ubiquitous intriguers," spies, and assassins -- Chapter 11: "A far violin among near balalaikas" -- Chapter 12: "I forever pity the exile, a prisoner, an invalid" -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Requests:  0 Summary:  "From Helen Rappaport, the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes After the Romanovs, the story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought freedom and refuge in the City of Light. Paris has always been a city of cultural excellence, fine wine and food and the latest fashions. But it has also been a place of refuge for those fleeing persecution, never more so than before and after the Russian Revolution and the fall of the Romanov dynasty. For years, Russian aristocrats had enjoyed all Belle Epoque Paris had to offer, spending lavishly when they visited. It was a place of artistic experimentation such as Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. But the brutality of the Bolshevik takeover forced Russians of all types to flee their homeland, sometimes leaving with only the clothes on their backs. Arriving in Paris, former princes could be seen driving taxicabs, while their wives who could sew worked for the fashion houses, their unique Russian style serving as inspiration for designers like Coco Chanel. Talented intellectuals, artists, poets, philosophers and writers struggled in exile, eking out a living at menial jobs. Some, like Bunin, Chagall and Stravinsky, encountered great success in the same Paris that welcomed Americans like Fitzgerald and Hemingway. Political 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 homeland they had been forced to abandon. This is their story"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aiea Public Library Adult Nonfiction 944.361 Ra Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 944.361 Ra Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 944.361 Ra Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 944.361 Rappaport Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 944.361 Ra Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 944.361 Ra Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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