After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War by Helen Rappaport
Who could think of Paris, that beacon of beauty and culture, as a place of exile? Yet a century ago, the City of Light was the City of Flight for thousands of Russians, an escape from the horrors of revolution, persecution, and execution in their homeland.
In After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War, Helen Rappaport examines the lives of Russian refugees in Paris between the wars. The book opens in the mid-19th century, when wealthy aristocrats and gifted artists first started bringing their money and talent from Russia to Belle Époque Paris for freedoms unknown at home.
