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Books by Helen Rappaport


Cover art for A MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION
NONFICTION
Released: March 13, 2012

"Fluid reading by the knowledgeable author of Queen Victoria: A Biographical Companion."
Absorbing account of the making of a queen through her awful, protracted grief. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE LAST DAYS OF THE ROMANOVS
NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 3, 2009

"Solid political and social history, related with the vigor of a true-crime thriller."
You-are-there account of the grim 1918 countdown toward the deaths of Tsar Nicholas II and his family. Read full book review >