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ISBN10: 075094210X, ISBN13: 9780750942102, [publisher: The History Press Ltd, United Kingdom, Stroud] Softcover The Romanov dynasty ruled Russia for a little over three hundred years and their story, ending with their tragic deaths, has exerted a lasting fascination. This new book, an album of pictures gathered by the author over many years - the majority of which are unpublished - shows the extended Romanov family. There are formal portraits taken to celebrate comings of age, weddings or other family gatherings, but also pictures of the various members of the dynasty at their ease, or dressed up for formal banquets, balls or ceremonies of state. Children play or take rides in horse-carts, mothers tend their children, brothers and sisters walk in the gardens of the grand palaces in which they lived - Gatchina, Ilinskoie, the Alexander Palace. The photographs range from the 1860s, when Alexander II was Tsar, through the reigns of his son,and grandson to the 1930s, when remaining members of the dynasty could be found in the outposts of Europe. With the beginnings of commercial photography, a new dimension was added to people's perception of the monarchy: for the first time ordinary people could see exactly what their monarch looked like, and they became aware of them as human beings - who were confident or shy before the camera, and whose children frowned, sulked or fidgeted. It was perhaps just such familiarity, rather than the deference of the subject, that contr ...
ISBN10: 075094210X, ISBN13: 9780750942102, [publisher: The History Press Ltd, United Kingdom, Stroud] Softcover The Romanov dynasty ruled Russia for a little over three hundred years and their story, ending with their tragic deaths, has exerted a lasting fascination. This new book, an album of pictures gathered by the author over many years - the majority of which are unpublished - shows the extended Romanov family. There are formal portraits taken to celebrate comings of age, weddings or other family gatherings, but also pictures of the various members of the dynasty at their ease, or dressed up for formal banquets, balls or ceremonies of state. Children play or take rides in horse-carts, mothers tend their children, brothers and sisters walk in the gardens of the grand palaces in which they lived - Gatchina, Ilinskoie, the Alexander Palace. The photographs range from the 1860s, when Alexander II was Tsar, through the reigns of his son,and grandson to the 1930s, when remaining members of the dynasty could be found in the outposts of Europe. With the beginnings of commercial photography, a new dimension was added to people's perception of the monarchy: for the first time ordinary people could see exactly what their monarch looked like, and they became aware of them as human beings - who were confident or shy before the camera, and whose children frowned, sulked or fidgeted. It was perhaps just such familiarity, rather than the deference of the subject, that contr ...
ISBN10: 075094210X, ISBN13: 9780750942102, [publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd] Softcover Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 1.72 [Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 075094210X, ISBN13: 9780750942102, [publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd] Softcover Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.72 [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 075094210X, ISBN13: 9780750942102, [publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd] Softcover New [Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
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