The House of Special Purpose: An Intimate Portrait of the Last Days of the Russian Imperial Family : Compiled from...
- ISBN-10
- 0812817966
- ISBN-13
- 9780812817966
- Series
- The House of Special Purpose
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography / Historical
- Pages
- 148
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1975
- Publisher
- Stein and Day
- Authors
- John Courtenay Trewin, Charles Sydney Gibbes
Description
Reconstructs the final days and hours of the Romanovs, as recorded by the Englishman who was their tutor
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- 2013-04-02
- 478 pages
- Paperback
- Other Press, LLC
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