How to pronounce Helen Rappaport: RAP-uh-poor
Helen Rappaport studied Russian at Leeds University and is a specialist in Russian and nineteenth-century women's history. Her books include A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy and The Last Days of the Romanovs. She lives in Oxford.
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