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The Richard III Funeral Controversy and 5 Unknown Royal Grave Sites
The earliest surviving portrait of Richard III The controversy surrounding the burial of Richard III, whose remains were discovered last...
Carolyn Harris
Mar 27, 20135 min read
The Imperial Russian Book Reviews 5: Road to Ekaterinburg: Nicholas and Alexandra’s Daughters 1913-1918 by ECS Banks
By synthesizing the known source material about the daily lives of the Grand Duchesses and analyzing their reading material and cultural...
Carolyn Harris
Mar 11, 20131 min read
What’s Next for the Remains of King Richard III?
The earliest surviving portrait of King Richard III, dating from 1520 Researchers at the University of Leicester announced yesterday that...
Carolyn Harris
Feb 5, 20134 min read
Imperial Requiem: Four Royal Women and the Fall of the Age of Empires by Justin C. Vovk (Review)
While most consorts of deposed monarchs are blamed for their husbands’ political failings, Dona remained a popular figure despite the...
Carolyn Harris
Dec 29, 20122 min read
From St. Petersburg to Toronto: The Life of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna (1882-1960)
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna at home in Cooksville in 1959 In June, 1959, the widowed seventy-seven year old Mrs. Nikolai Kulikovsky...
Carolyn Harris
Nov 26, 20127 min read
The Imperial Russian Book Reviews 4: Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy by Douglas Smith
The publication of Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy will hopefully contribute to more balanced teaching of the...
Carolyn Harris
Nov 6, 20121 min read
How a Romanov Duke Popularized Skiing in Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains
The Laurentian Mountains, Charlevoix, Quebec When Duke Dimitri of Leuchtenberg, whose ancestors included Empress Josephine of France and...
Carolyn Harris
Oct 22, 20125 min read
Ballerina: Sex, Scandal and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection by Deirdre Kelly (Review)
King Louis XIV performing the role of Apollo in the 1663 Ballet de la Nuit. When the King stopped performing in middle age, he continued...
Carolyn Harris
Oct 4, 20123 min read
The Romanov Book Reviews 3: A Bride for the Tsar: Bride-Shows and Marriage Politics in Early Modern Russia by Russell E. Martin
Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich Selects His Bride by Grigory Sedov Martin judges Sedov’s painting to be the most accurate representation of the...
Carolyn Harris
Jul 14, 20121 min read
“The Succession Prospects of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna (1895-1918)” now available from Canadian Slavonic Papers
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaeva, eldest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia in 1913. I am pleased to announce the publication of my...
Carolyn Harris
Jun 14, 20122 min read
Historical Fiction Roundup 3: Novels set at the Court of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia
Danish painter Laurits Tuxen's depiction of the wedding of Emperor Nicholas II and Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1894, two weeks...
Carolyn Harris
Apr 20, 20122 min read
The Romanov Book Reviews 2: Robert K. Massie, Catherine the Great
Popular writers such as Virginia Rounding, author of Catherine the Great: Love, Sex, and Power and Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of...
Carolyn Harris
Mar 3, 20122 min read
The Valentine’s Day Book Review: Virginia Rounding, Alix and Nicky: The Passion of the Last Tsar and Tsarina
Since 1967, the lives of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna, the last Emperor and Empress of Russia, have been synonymous with Robert...
Carolyn Harris
Feb 14, 20123 min read
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