“It was clear to anyone who encountered the tsar and his daughters in the Alexander Park how much pride he had in his girls. ‘He was happy that people admired them. It was as though his kind blue eyes were… — Helen Rappaport Copy Share Image
“They had ‘decided … to make themselves as ugly as they could’ by soaking up the sun, hatless, on the journey from Livadia, ‘so that… — Helen Rappaport Copy Share Image
“She ought to try eating raw ham in bed in the morning before breakfast. It really does help against nausea ” — Helen Rappaport Copy Share Image
“It was clear to anyone who encountered the tsar and his daughters in the Alexander Park how much pride he had in his girls.… — Helen Rappaport Copy Share Image
“quiet, unprovocative, unfailingly polite to one another and to them, and whose occasional sadness bore the stamp of a dignity their jailers could never… — Helen Rappaport Copy Share Image
“for the youngest Romanov daughter was a force of nature to whose presence it was impossible to remain indifferent. Even” — Helen Rappaport Copy Share Image
“though once more there were whisperings that the imperial sisters should not stoop so low in their friendships and that they looked scruffy and… — Helen Rappaport Copy Share Image
