The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport9/9/2017
“They had no idea of the ugly side of life” Depending on what the reader is searching for, you may find a twinkle or brilliant beam of interest and educational distraction with picking up The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra. For me it almost ended up as a “no thank you” type of work when the author’s personal negative views broke the string of opening events but I still wished to read this title as the promised subjects deserved my patience (the story of the four sisters have always been the “the” sad real life painted fairy tale that has captivated me since childhood and I’ve always felt some kind of special understanding with introverted personalities). In a way I’m happy I stayed and took the time to read this book but I think I will search out other titles to learn more as I can’t say I didn’t want to apologize to historic individuals as I read the side comments and felt the obvious distaste of the author at certain points in the pages. I was also surprised but also disappointed this work was very drawn out in the beginning chapters, somewhat repetitive with the available information and was more of a scrapbook of memories of the Grand Duchesses with much flipping back and forth of dates and events. Modern interpretation of past events can be very tricky to handle and unfortunately The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra held too much of others opinions and too little of the words of the sisters or allowed a final impression of their individual personalities for this interested reader. * I would like to thank NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the opportunity to read The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra *Also published under: Four Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses (The Romanov Sisters, #2) by Helen Rappaport Also in this non-fiction collection: The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg (The Romanov Sisters, #1) by Helen Rappaport The Race to Save the Romanovs (The Romanov Sisters) by Helen Rappaport -EGP/August 2017 Comments are closed.
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