The Romanovs & Mr Gibbes
Author | : Frances Welch |
Publisher | : Virago Press |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2002 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105025970901 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Romanovs & Mr Gibbes written by Frances Welch and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.