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Imperial Dancer: Mathilde Kschessinska and the Romanovs

by Coryne Hall · 2005

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Mathilde Kschessinska was the mistress of three Russian grand dukes, and the greatest ballerina of her generation. After her own memoirs, this title aims to reveal her real story by looking at what she did not say, revealing the secrets of the Romanov treasure.

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