The Russian Court at Sea by Frances Welch
The story of the surviving Russian Imperial Family as they head into a life of exile aboard the HMS Marlborough.
A masterpiece of comic understatement * The Times *
Welch writes with a limpid style and a cool intelligence * Sunday Telegraph *
I was hooked from page one - this is cumulatively moving - a real triumph of sympathy
The kind of history that makes fiction look pallid and pointless* Evening Standard *
A gripping account of the Romanovs choppy passage into exile. Welch s detective work has produced a book that is wonderfully witty and sad by turns. * Mail on Sunday *
The book's readability and telling use of detail are splendid. * Spectator *
a splendidly exotic story ... Frances Welsh does it grippingly here, with lots of details I hadn't come across before. I loved to read of the goods they brought with them, including rolled-up Rembrandt paintings, Faberge eggs and other treasures of the sort. What a pilgrimage, to be sure. * Sunday Telegraph *
A fascinating, poignant portrait of a bizarre collection of people caught up in the chaos of their exodus * Irish Times *
The book s readability and telling use of detail are splendid. * Spectator *
An engrossing account of the flight of the surviving Romanovs after the 1917 Revolution. * Sunday Express *
Welch writes with a limpid style and a cool intelligence * Sunday Telegraph *
I was hooked from page one - this is cumulatively moving - a real triumph of sympathy
The kind of history that makes fiction look pallid and pointless* Evening Standard *
A gripping account of the Romanovs choppy passage into exile. Welch s detective work has produced a book that is wonderfully witty and sad by turns. * Mail on Sunday *
The book's readability and telling use of detail are splendid. * Spectator *
a splendidly exotic story ... Frances Welsh does it grippingly here, with lots of details I hadn't come across before. I loved to read of the goods they brought with them, including rolled-up Rembrandt paintings, Faberge eggs and other treasures of the sort. What a pilgrimage, to be sure. * Sunday Telegraph *
A fascinating, poignant portrait of a bizarre collection of people caught up in the chaos of their exodus * Irish Times *
The book s readability and telling use of detail are splendid. * Spectator *
An engrossing account of the flight of the surviving Romanovs after the 1917 Revolution. * Sunday Express *
Frances Welch is the author of Rasputin: A Short Life (2014), The Russian Court at Sea (2011), A Romanov Fantasy (2008) and The Romanovs & Mr Gibbes (2004), all published by Short Books. Frances Welch has written for The Sunday Telegraph, Granta, The Spectator and The Financial Times. She lives in Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781906021788 |
| ISBN 10 | 1906021783 |
| Title | The Russian Court at Sea |
| Author | Frances Welch |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2011-01-06 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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