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The Romanovs and Mr. Gibbes: The Story of the Englishman Who Taught the Children of the Last Tsar
Welch, Frances
Summary
Sydney Gibbes was appointed tutor to the children of Tsar Nicholas II in 1908 and over the next six years lived as one of the family in the royal palace.
Sydney Gibbes was appointed tutor to the children of Tsar Nicholas II in 1908 and over the next six years lived as one of the family in the royal palace. A demanding, fastidious man, he found the Romanovs bizarrely devout and insular. Yet he came to hold them all in deep affection.
Perfect for fans of 1901 Onwards, Biography, Historical, Terrorism & Freedom Fighters Biographies, Russian Historical Biographies, Heraldry.
Highlights
- Easy to enjoy: 125 pages · Hardcover
- By Welch, Frances
Details
- ISBN: 9781904095163
- Author: Welch, Frances
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 125
- Language: English
- Publication date: 8 July 2002
- Condition: New
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Sydney Gibbes was appointed tutor to the children of Tsar Nicholas II in 1908 and over the next six years lived as one of the family in the royal palace.
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