![]() ![]() Their words would be saved for posterity, but Olga’s diaries were fascinating: ![]() Of the Romanovs were dutiful diarists, and it’s clear that they were aware Ones that I was able to access were translations of their diaries. Literally thousands of resources pertaining to them – but the most valuable The last Romanovs are the most documented family in history – there are How did you research her life, and did you learn anything that especially The passionate, driven, and impressive young woman she was. Than I’d given her credit for, and it gave me the impetus to learn more about That signaled to me that she was more politically aware Members of her own family - Olga acknowledged that she understood why they’dįelt the need to do it. One anecdote about her stood out to me: when Rasputin was assassinated - by ![]() General public, so when I started digging into who Olga was I expected to find Not as political figures, symbols, or martyrs, but as a family.Īnd her sisters were incredibly sheltered during their lives, in large partīecause their parents were trying to conceal Alexei’s condition from the So many accounts of the fall of the Romanovs center either on Rasputin, or onĪnastasia’s many pretenders, but I wanted to learn more about who they were, Why did you decide to focus on Olga Romanov in your new novel? She also has written the novel The Woman Before Wallis. Bryn Turnbull is the author of the new novel The Last Grand Duchess: A Novel of Olga Romanov, Imperial Russia, and Revolution. ![]()
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