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The Romanov Sisters

The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra

by Helen Rappaport

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The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport
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    Jun 2014, 448 pages

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    Jun 2015, 544 pages

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With all the children recovered, the family still nursed the hope that it would be allowed to go into temporary exile and on 23 March Nicholas noted that he had been going through his books and papers, packing up everything he might wish to take with him 'if we should leave for England'. But Lent came and there was still no news.

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Excerpted from The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport. Copyright © 2014 by Helen Rappaport. Excerpted by permission of St. Martin's Press. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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