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The Alexander Palace / Re: Green sitting room
« on: July 11, 2007, 08:57:12 AM »
It's the Pallisander room. The room was known for its straw green silk walls.
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The Alexander Palace / Re: Olga/Tatiana's room
« on: July 09, 2007, 06:43:19 PM »Quote
The children's rooms were also used to house orphans for a while -- that's why you can see a baby crib in the photograph of the little pair's bedroom and Aleksei's bedroom. As I said in my previous post, the children's rooms were not dismantled until 1931.
Actually, the cribs are those of the younger imperial children. As they obviously took their campbeds with them, these were used for the museum.
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French Royals / Re: L`Imperatrice Josephine
« on: June 18, 2007, 12:11:01 PM »
After Paris capitulated, Josephine entertained Alexander I at Malmaison. Interestingly, Alexanderrequested to visit her. The visit took place on May 14, 1814.
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Books about the Romanovs and Imperial Russia / Re: Duplicate Books
« on: February 10, 2007, 12:05:02 AM »
It turns out I have ended up with an extra copy of Welch's new book about Anna Anderson. Go figure. Any takers? I can unfortunately ship only to the US, so I apologize to all those overseas.
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Books about the Romanovs and Imperial Russia / Re: New Anastasia book ... and an old curiosity
« on: February 02, 2007, 12:18:24 PM »I refuse to sell these rehashed Anastasia crap books...
And again, this new book doesn't sound like it is about Anastasia, but more about the Anna Anderson phenomenon - or you could even say: the psychology of false claimants and their followers in general - which is not the same at all.... It's more of a sociological/psychological study of the human mind, rather than another Romanov/Anastasia book... I think you guys are missing the point. I personally think it's about time someone wrote a book on this subject - with that particular take on it.
Thank you, Helen. From what I've read (I'm only on chapter 3), that is the main focus of the book. So far there has been a lot of discussion of Gleb Botkin and his relationship with the Imperial Family (the real Anastasia). Undoubtedly this discussion will later progress to his subservience to Anna Anderson under the belief that she really was Grand Duchess Anastasia. I think it's rather interesting so far, but I've already found two photo misidentifications--photos of Tatiana and Marie are labeled as Anastasia. Other than that, I think it could be a very interesting read.
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Books about the Romanovs and Imperial Russia / Re: Toys of the Tsar's Children
« on: February 01, 2007, 04:41:11 PM »I have been after this book since it came out, but always seem to be last in line! About the only book that has escaped me- so far.
Don't worry, there will always be another copy! And when you do finally acquire one, you'll find that it was worth the wait!
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Imperial Russian Antiques / Re: fake/spurious "Faberge" and "Imperial" items
« on: January 31, 2007, 04:22:34 PM »
In particular, is this real? I'm not sure what to make of the price.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Russian-Nicholas-II-Coronation-Glass-1896_W0QQitemZ270084105624QQihZ017QQcategoryZ63545QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Russian-Nicholas-II-Coronation-Glass-1896_W0QQitemZ270084105624QQihZ017QQcategoryZ63545QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Imperial Russian Antiques / Re: fake/spurious "Faberge" and "Imperial" items
« on: January 31, 2007, 04:21:46 PM »
What about the stuff sold on websites such as RomanovRussia.com or Russian-Antique.com? Most of stuff on the websites is several thousand dollars at least. One "faberge" piece on RomanovRussia.com has a price of $65,000. These certainly are better and more appropriate prices than the ones listed on Ebay, but are they real Imperial items or are these websites simply charging ridiculous prices for fakes? Browsing through them I couldn't help but wonder.
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Books about the Romanovs and Imperial Russia / Re: Toys of the Tsar's Children
« on: January 28, 2007, 03:58:19 PM »
RARE BOOK ALERT!
There is a copy on Ebay for sale NOW for around $65 plus shipping. The auction ends in a little over 5 hours. Hop to it!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Book-Toys-of-Last-Russian-Emperor-Nicholas-II-Children_W0QQitemZ280073505061QQihZ018QQcategoryZ1414QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
There is a copy on Ebay for sale NOW for around $65 plus shipping. The auction ends in a little over 5 hours. Hop to it!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Book-Toys-of-Last-Russian-Emperor-Nicholas-II-Children_W0QQitemZ280073505061QQihZ018QQcategoryZ1414QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Marie Feodorovna / Re: Books on Empress Marie
« on: January 25, 2007, 09:56:35 PM »
I love collecting books as well and probably would have bought it anyway. I wasn't disappointed at all with this one though--the layout itself IMO is worth the money. It's very beautiful and much of the contents I hadn't seen before. I will continue to recommend it to everyone.
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Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna / Re: Books on Grand Duchess Elizabeth
« on: January 24, 2007, 12:04:55 AM »Easter can not be celebrated before or on the same day as Passover.
Why not?
I believe the idea is that the Crucifixion and Resurrection took place after Jesus entered Jerusalem to celebrate Passover.
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Romanov and Imperial Russia Links / Re: Royal Museum of Scotland Exhibit
« on: January 21, 2007, 11:28:38 PM »
They are not the same. Completely different in content and format. I like At Home With the Last Tsar better.
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Marie Feodorovna / Re: Books on Empress Marie
« on: January 20, 2007, 06:42:23 PM »Can anyone please confirm if the book that Gilbert's just listed here:
http://www.angelfire.com/pa/ImperialRussian/grb/rom103.html
is the same one as is being discussed on this thread? The cover looks different than the entry for this book on the AP bookfinder, but otherwise it is a book about her in Russian published in 2006 - so is it the same?
PS - I just looked on the bookfinder again and it lists the # of pages of the real deal as 288 pages and that there is no softcover version. This book though has 143 pages and is softcover, so I guess it's not it, huh?
I'm not sure, Sarai. My copy looks like the one listed on the AP Book Finder. I do think though that the significant difference in the amount of pages indicates that they are not the same.
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Books about the Romanovs and Imperial Russia / Re: Nikolai II, by Bokhanov
« on: January 11, 2007, 09:11:23 PM »
Thanks for the info Sarushka! 
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Books about the Romanovs and Imperial Russia / Re: Nikolai II, by Bokhanov
« on: January 11, 2007, 10:20:22 AM »
Hmm, you're right, not too much information there. How can you be sure it's the right album? It really doesn't give much of an indication (at least to me) that it's Bokhanov's.