Helen Rappaportさんのイラストまとめ

She was a princess born to privilege but aged only 14 was taken to Russia & married off to psychopath.On #InternationalWomensDay as I write Julie of Saxe Coburg's story I think of all the other innocent underage teenage brides in history sacrificed at altar of dynastic expediency

There's an article about new book of daguerrotypes of California Gold Rush sadly behind Telegraph paywall but here's one photo - my god these three are serious dudes. What a brilliant photograph!!

Wow! I am equally stunned by how many people love that new image I posted of Nicholas painted by Serov - this being the much more famous one. I don't think any other painter has captured the inherent kindness of the real, private man. #Romanovs100