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After the Romanovs : Russian exiles in Paris from the Belle époque through revolution and war

By Rappaport, Helen, author.

Published 2022 by St. Martin's Press, New York

ISBN 9781250273109

Bib Id 2492607

Edition First edition.

Description xviii, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

"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"-- ...
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LCCN

2021-044046

ISBN

9781250273109 (hardcover) $30.00

1250273102

9781250777201 (paperback) $20.00

1250777208

Call #

944.361 R

Author

Rappaport, Helen, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85807614

Title

After the Romanovs : Russian exiles in Paris from the Belle époque through revolution and war

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

2022 by St. Martin's Press, New York :

Description

xviii, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Summary

Subject

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.