Now Bliss tries to make sense of his choices and the impact of this revelation on her own life. As he grew older and entered the ranks of the New York literary élite, he maintained the façade. Ever since his own parents, New Orleans Creoles, had moved to Brooklyn and began to "pass" in order to get work, Anatole had learned to conceal his racial identity.
His daughter Bliss learned that her WASPy, privileged Connecticut childhood had come at a price.
Two months before he died of cancer, renowned literary critic Anatole Broyard called his grown son and daughter to his side, to reveal a secret he had kept all their lives and most of his own: he was black. New York: Little, Brown and Co, 2007, stated First Edition with 1st printing number line, 514pp., very good dust-jacket, original priice $24.99, very good hardcover. One drop: my father's hidden life: a story of race and family secrets. Free shipping with USPS Media Mail.".īroyard, Bliss. May also have a small dot or line on edge of book. May have bent corner, ripped page, or other minor damage. ISBN: 9781250151216 Condition: Never read, overstock book. With its up-to-the-minute research, The Race to Save the Romanovs is sure to replace outdated classics as the final word on the fate of the Romanovs. Like a modern day detective, Helen Rappaport draws on new and never-before-seen sources from archives in the US, Russia, Spain and the UK, creating a powerful account of near misses and close calls with a heartbreaking conclusion. The question of asylum for the Tsar and his family was an extremely complicated issue that presented enormous political, logistical and geographical challenges at a time when Europe was still at war. The responsibility for failing the Romanovs must be equally shared. Rappaport refutes the claim that the fault lies entirely with King George V, as has been the traditional claim for the last century. While the murders themselves have received major attention, what has never been investigated in detail are the various plots and plans behind the scenes to save the family - on the part of their royal relatives, other governments, and Russian monarchists loyal to the Tsar. In stark contrast, the centenary of the massacre of the Imperial Family was commemorated in 2018 by a huge ceremony attended by the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church.
In Putin's autocratic Russia, the Revolution itself is considered a crime, and its anniversary was largely ignored. "THE RACE TO SAVE THE ROMANOVS: (Hardcover)The murder of the Romanov family in July 1918 horrified the world, and its aftershocks still reverberate today.
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