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Summary: The Extended Romanov Family in Photographs
Review: Could hardly tear myself away from the book to write this review. The most amazing collection of Romanov(and their relatives throughout Europe) photos I have ever seen. Many, many photos I have never seen before, and I'm an avid collector on photo books of Victorian and Edwardian Royalty. Highly recomend this book to anyone interested in the Romanov Dynasty and 19th and early 20th Century European Royal Families. Beautifully presented with long, descriptive captions that tell the "story" of each photo. I have been able to identify many "mystery persons" that have appeared in other books of Royal photos. Price is quite reasonable and well worth the money!!!
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Summary: Wonderful book except for irksome error.
Review: I do not have much to add to my review that hasn't been said by the other reviewers. However, Zeepvat refers throughout the book to the members of the Russuan royal family as 'Grand Prince' and 'Grand Princess'! In all my extensive readings of the Romanovs I have never seen anything but 'Grand Duke' or 'Grand Duchess', indeed, this is how certain family members referred to themselves in their memoirs. That said, this is still a wonderful book to add to any royal collection.
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Summary: Absolutely incredible...
Review: I love this book! The pics are great, everything about it is good. There are pics not only from the last family but from all dating back to Alexander II. It's an amazing book that is put together very nicely, in a similar layout to Queen Victoria's Family.
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Summary: Great photographic album about Romanovs!
Review: I would put this one right up there with Love, Power & Tragedy, Royal Russia, and Nicholas and Alexandra: the Family Albums! True, the whole thing wasnt completely about the last family, but the rare and beautiful pictures of Nicholas II and his wife and kids are worth it. All of the photos are clear and large and interesting and grouped by category and bear interesting captions. I was thrilled and pleasantly surprised. Buy this one! Some of the photos I've only seen in the Benecke collection online.
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Summary: Wonderful book except for irksome error.
Review: I would put this one right up there with Love, Power & Tragedy, Royal Russia, and Nicholas and Alexandra: the Family Albums! True, the whole thing wasnt completely about the last family, but the rare and beautiful pictures of Nicholas II and his wife and kids are worth it. All of the photos are clear and large and interesting and grouped by category and bear interesting captions. I was thrilled and pleasantly surprised. Buy this one! Some of the photos I've only seen in the Benecke collection online.
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Summary: A wonderul book for the ages
Review: Thankfully this book is not just about Nicholas, Alexandra and their children who have already had numerous books published of their photos. Instead we are presented with hundreds of rare, and in many cases never before published pictures, of the often lesser known members of the Romanov clan.This book charts their photographic interests in both public and private from the 1850's to the 1930's. The only other comparable book to it for images of the wider Romanov family is 'The Last Tsar' by Larissa Yermilova and thankfully there is not too much overlap in their photographic contents. Charlotte Zeepvat has divided her photos up in to topics such as: The Last Tsar, The Family, Born Romanov, A Suitable Marriage, The Family at Work etc. Each photo in the book is captioned, often accompanied by a story either relating to the specific picture or some other anecdote of that person's life. We get to see many members of the imperial family that often only get passing mentions in other books and this photo album will be an invaluable reference for photographic images of the various Romanov members that you will find nowhere else and is a great companion to this author's other book 'Romanov Autumn'.
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Summary: Views of a Vanished World
Review: The Camera and the Tsars is a well organized collection of photographs of the extended Romanov family from the mid 1800s through the post-Revolutionary period. As with her earlier work Queen Victoria's Family, Charlotte Zeepvat has done an excellent job of seeking out many photographs of the more obscure members of the family to give us a more rounded view of the Imperial Family than we usually get from the standard photos seen over and over again. When I looked through this book I was struck by what a good looking group of people the Romanovs were. The photos are a mixture of formal portraits and snapshots (many taken by the Romanovs themselves), and in most of them the subjects are nice, pleasant seeming people not at all overwhelmed by the formal settings and clothing. The men mostly seem to have been rugged outdoor types, and the women rather romantic and elegant, with some quite beautiful. The children are really cute, too. Interestingly, most of them are smiling, which is rather unusual for nineteenth century photography. There are even some smiling pictures of Alexandra, the last Tsaritsa, who is usually stone faced in most of her portraits. Its also interesting to see how the passage of years changed some of the people. I particularly liked Grand Princess Alexandra Iosipovna, who married one of Nicholas I's sons (and is Prince Philip's great-grandmother). She went from being a fresh faced young girl to an elegant matron to a magnificent grande dame. Also Grand Princess Maria Pavlovna the elder, whose pictures could be used for a dictionary illustration for "distinguished" or "imposing". Even though the pictures are all black and white, you can imagine how the jewels must have glittered and the silks and satins gleamed and rustled. The final few pictures showing the post-Revolutionary surviving Romanovs are particularly evocative. These are people who have lost a lot and endured enormous pain, and it shows on their still dignified, but very sad, faces. This is a book all Romanov aficionados will want. It will also appeal to anyone interested in photography, fashion, or just human beings themselves.
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Summary: Views of a Vanished World
Review: The Camera and the Tsars is a well organized collection of photographs of the extended Romanov family from the mid 1800s through the post-Revolutionary period. As with her earlier work Queen Victoria's Family, Charlotte Zeepvat has done an excellent job of seeking out many photographs of the more obscure members of the family to give us a more rounded view of the Imperial Family than we usually get from the standard photos seen over and over again. When I looked through this book I was struck by what a good looking group of people the Romanovs were. The photos are a mixture of formal portraits and snapshots (many taken by the Romanovs themselves), and in most of them the subjects are nice, pleasant seeming people not at all overwhelmed by the formal settings and clothing. The men mostly seem to have been rugged outdoor types, and the women rather romantic and elegant, with some quite beautiful. The children are really cute, too. Interestingly, most of them are smiling, which is rather unusual for nineteenth century photography. There are even some smiling pictures of Alexandra, the last Tsaritsa, who is usually stone faced in most of her portraits. Its also interesting to see how the passage of years changed some of the people. I particularly liked Grand Princess Alexandra Iosipovna, who married one of Nicholas I's sons (and is Prince Philip's great-grandmother). She went from being a fresh faced young girl to an elegant matron to a magnificent grande dame. Also Grand Princess Maria Pavlovna the elder, whose pictures could be used for a dictionary illustration for "distinguished" or "imposing". Even though the pictures are all black and white, you can imagine how the jewels must have glittered and the silks and satins gleamed and rustled. The final few pictures showing the post-Revolutionary surviving Romanovs are particularly evocative. These are people who have lost a lot and endured enormous pain, and it shows on their still dignified, but very sad, faces. This is a book all Romanov aficionados will want. It will also appeal to anyone interested in photography, fashion, or just human beings themselves.
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