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    <body><![CDATA[My perfect idea of a vacation is what I have experienced so far over the last three days:  a beautiful beach, good food, and unlimited historical fiction.  The Romanov Bride is not the best piece of literature I have ever read, but it was an absorbing easy beach read.  I had never heard of The Grand...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57441625">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I almost didn't give this book four stars - the reason being is that GoodReads classifies four stars as &quot;really liked it&quot;.  I did not really like this book for a number of reasons.<br/><br/>It was difficult to connect with the characters.  Both Ella and Pavel were very incredibly human, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74275471">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Really more of a 1-and-a-half star book.  The sanctimonious tone of the Grand Duchess, Ella's, narration really got on my nerves by the end of the book.  As did the inconsistent grammar of the revolutionary, Pavel.  There were a few insightful bits, especially with regards to Pavel as an essentially...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12359511">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish this book had given a little more detail and that I was a little more versed in Russian history.  Very readable and gives alternating glimpses into the life of the Grand Duchess Elissavyeta (Ella) and a poor village man named Pavel who becomes instrumental in the brutal revolution.  I kept pu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70958855">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you want a bloody and horrorific history lesson this is the book for you.  I'm completely ignorant of Russian history and had never heard of Grand Duchess Elisabeth Fyondorovna, niece of Queen Victoria and older sister of Tsarist Alexandria.  During the middle of my reading of this book I did a W...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71061219">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[2.5 stars<br/><br/>More than anything, I was disappointed by this book. I've read Robert Alexander's other two books, and they fascinated me from start to finish. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95141.The_Kitchen_Boy_A_Novel_of_the_Last_Tsar" title="The Kitchen Boy  A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander">The Kitchen Boy</a> sparked my interest in the Romanovs, Rasputin, royalty, revolution and revenge. It was that interest that prompted me t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38564162">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've always thought the Russian revolution was one of the saddest modern events in world history.  Perfectly understandable, given the extreme disparity between the rich and the poor, but still sad.  And since it didn't make things better for the majority of the country, it is even more of a loss.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27971727">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book! It's based on the life of the Grand Duchess Elisavetya, who was married to the brother of the last Romanov Tsar. Her life consists of being a showpiece for her husband until his assassination. Then she sells all her jewels -- oh, how I loved the descriptions of those! -- and becom...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50754030">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was an easy read as far as flow and context. However, it was hard in subject matter. I know so little about this time in Russian history that I had to keep asking my hubby if this or that were true in the book. I realize it is historical fiction, but it is based on a true story. It has ser...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41309926">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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