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Helen Rappaport was born in Bromley, Kent, and studied Russian at Leeds University, before working as a translator and copy editor. She has been a full-time writer for more than twenty-three years and is the author of numerous works of history, including four previous books on the Romanovs and Russian Revolution. Her most recent book is In Search of Mary Seacole. She lives in Dorset.
'What a wonderful book! The storytelling, the research, the deep love of her subject - this must be the climax of Rappaport's long and illustrious career' -- Lucy Worsley ‘Beautifully written, incredibly moving and illuminates the whole age' -- Jessie Childs 'Rappaport's account of this pretty, spirited and flirtatious young woman's dismal time in Russia is absorbing' -- Miranda Seymour * Literary Review * 'Sparkling... A captivating historical saga of a woman in revolt' * Publishers Weekly * 'A brisk rendering of tumultuous times...[and of] a woman caught in the whirlwind of history' * Kirkus Reviews *
