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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Teaser Tuesday #50


 Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
   
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
 BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
 
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
 
Summary:
 
They were the Princess Dianas of their day—perhaps the most photographed and talked about young royals of the early twentieth century. The four captivating Russian Grand Duchesses—Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Romanov—were much admired for their happy dispositions, their looks, the clothes they wore and their privileged lifestyle.
Over the years, the story of the four Romanov sisters and their tragic end in a basement at Ekaterinburg in 1918 has clouded our view of them, leading to a mass of sentimental and idealized hagiography. With this treasure trove of diaries and letters from the grand duchesses to their friends and family, we learn that they were intelligent, sensitive and perceptive witnesses to the dark turmoil within their immediate family and the ominous approach of the Russian Revolution, the nightmare that would sweep their world away, and them along with it.

The Romanov Sisters sets out to capture the joy as well as the insecurities and poignancy of those young lives against the backdrop of the dying days of late Imperial Russia, World War I and the Russian Revolution. Rappaort aims to present a new and challenging take on the story, drawing extensively on previously unseen or unpublished letters, diaries and archival sources, as well as private collections. It is a book that will surprise people, even aficionados.
Summary & Cover taken from Goodreads.com
Length: 512 pages (Hardcover)
Publication Date: June 3rd 2014 by St. Martin's Press (first published March 27th 2014)
 
My Teaser:
Pg. 7
 
The four Romanov sisters, still thin from the after-effects of the severe attack of measles they had suffered early in the year, wept inconsolably as they left the home where they had spent so many of the happy days of their childhood. After they had gone, a dejected Mariya Geringer spoke of her still lingering hopes for them.
 
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3 comments:

  1. This looks like a good read. It's been awhile since I read a biography so I'll add this to my list of possibilities.

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  2. Sounds like a good historical read! I'll look forward to your review!

    Here is mine today:
    http://mydogearedpurpose.com/2014/06/10/teaser-tuesday-june-10th/

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  3. I definitely got my eye on this book!

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