Helen Rappaport
Author of The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
About the Author
Helen F. Rappaport was born in 1947 in Bromley. She is a British historian, author, and actress. She studied Russian at Leeds University where she was involved in the university theatre group and launched her acting career. After acting with the Leeds University theatre group she appeared in show more several television series including Crown Court, Love Hurts and The Bill. In the early nineties she became a copy editor for academic publishers Blackwell and OUP. She also contributed to historical and biographical reference works published by Cassell and Readers Digest. She became a full-time writer in 1998, writing three books including An Encyclopaedia of Women Social Reformers in 2001, with a foreword by Marian Wright Edelman. It won an award in 2002 from the American Library Association as an Outstanding Reference Source. Her 2008 book Ekaterinburg: The Last Days of the Romanovs received many positive reviews in both the UK and US where it became a bestseller. Her titles include: Joseph Stalin: A Biographical Companion, Conspirator: Lenin in Exile, Magnificent Obsession; Victoria, Albert and the Death that Changed the Monarchy, and Capturing the Light: The Birth of Photography. In 2014 her title, The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Helen Rappaport
The Race to Save the Romanovs: The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue the Russian Imperial Family (2018) 250 copies
A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy (2011) 245 copies
After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War (2022) 145 copies
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- Birthplace
- Bromley, Kent, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Kent, England, UK
- Education
- Chatham Grammar School for Girls, Chatham, Kent, England, UK
Leeds University - Occupations
- non-fiction writer
actor - Relationships
- Ware, Mike (brother)
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Anastasia was a favorite movie when I was little, so this is even more sad knowing it is all fiction.