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

"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 f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rappaport, Helen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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.
Russes > France > Paris > Mœurs et coutumes > 20e siècle.
Russes > France > Paris > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
Russes > France > Paris > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Russes > France > Paris > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Paris (France) > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Europe / France.
Exiles.
Intellectual life.
Political refugees.
Russians.
Russians > Intellectual life.
Russians > Social conditions.
Russians > Social life and customs.
France > Paris.
1900-1999
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Russians in Paris: Cast of characters
  • La Tournée des Grands Ducs
  • "We really did stagger the world"
  • "Paris taught me, enriched me, beggared me, put me on my feet"
  • "We had outlived our epoch and were doomed"
  • "I never thought I would have to drag out my life as an émigré"
  • "Paris is full of Russians"
  • "How ruined Russians earn a living"
  • "We are not in exile, we are on a mission"
  • Emperor Kirill of all the Russias
  • "Ubiquitous intriguers," spies, and assassins
  • "A far violin among near balalaikas"
  • "I forever pity the exile, a prisoner, an invalid".