Friday Royal Read: Tatiana Romanov: Daughter of the Last Tsar: Diaries and Letters 1913-1918
Of the four Grand Duchesses, Tatiana achieved the most success in her war work and became a well known public figure in her own right. In...
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Carolyn Harris
Dec 22, 20151 min read
My review of The Romanov Sisters in the Royal Studies Journal
Click here to read the review in The Royal Studies Journal, Volume 2, Number 2, 2015.
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 17, 20151 min read
Toronto Public Library Talk on September 24: Peter the Great and the Building of St. Petersburg
Peter the Great in 1698 I will be giving a lecture at Deer Park Library in Toronto (40 St. Clair Avenue East) about Peter the Great of...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 4, 20153 min read
Friday Royal Read: Becoming a Romanov: Grand Duchess Elena of Russia and Her World (1807-1873) by Marina Soroka and Charles A. Rudd
Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, the wife of Catherine the Great’s youngest grandson, Michael Pavlovich, assumed in her own lifetime that...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 25, 20141 min read
Toronto Star Interview: Shabby Toronto apartment was once home to Russia’s Grand Duchess Olga
Grand Duchess Olga during her last years in Canada Grand Duchess Olga, younger sister of Russia’s last Czar, Nicholas II, lived in Canada...
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Carolyn Harris
Jun 5, 20143 min read
Friday Royal Read: The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport
Despite all these sources, the distinct personalities and achievements of Nicholas and Alexandra’s daughters are little known. In...
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Carolyn Harris
May 22, 20141 min read
My column in today’s Globe and Mail about Prince Charles’s remarks on Vladimir Putin
My column in today’s Globe and Mail discusses Prince Charles’s remarks on Vladimir Putin. There’s a long history of royalty making...
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Carolyn Harris
May 21, 20141 min read
CBC Syndicated Radio Interviews about Prince Charles and Putin for May 21
Here’s today’s schedule of CBC radio interviews 3:00 WINNIPEG — Up to Speed 3:20 NEW BRUNSWICK — Shift 3:40 HALIFAX — Mainstreet...
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Carolyn Harris
Apr 24, 20141 min read
Empress of the Night: A Novel of Catherine the Great by Eva Stachniak (Historical Fiction Review)
Stachniak’s Catherine is steeped in Russian folk proverbs from her time learning the language and constantly struggles with conflicts...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 4, 20141 min read
When Catherine the Great Invaded The Crimea And Put The Rest of the World On Edge
Portrait of Catherine the Great as a Legislator in the Temple Devoted to the Goddess of Justice by Dmitri Levitsky, early 1780s. My...
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Carolyn Harris
Feb 7, 20141 min read
My article “150 Years Ago Sochi Was The Site Of A Horrific Ethnic Cleansing” in Smithsonian Magazine
Czar Alexander II As you watch the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi today, it is worth reflecting on the troubled...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 14, 20141 min read
Sochi’s Bloody History
“A Scene from the Caucasian War” by Franz Alekseyevich Roubaud My latest column in the Ottawa Citizen discusses the expulsion of the...
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Carolyn Harris
Dec 9, 20130 min read
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 6, 20131 min read
Richard III’s Bones of Contention
While I was away on the Baltic Cruise these past couple weeks, my article about the remains of Richard III, “Richard III’s Bones of...
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Carolyn Harris
Jul 10, 20134 min read
5 Potential Royal Baby Names That Have Not Received Any Bets
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in June, 2013 With days to go before the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s 1st child,...
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Carolyn Harris
Jun 7, 20135 min read
President Vladimir Putin to be the first Russian Leader to Divorce Since Peter the Great in 1698
Lyudmila Putina in 2007 On Thursday June 6, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila Putina announced on state television...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 27, 20135 min read
The Richard III Funeral Controversy and 5 Unknown Royal Grave Sites
The earliest surviving portrait of Richard III The controversy surrounding the burial of Richard III, whose remains were discovered last...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 11, 20131 min read
The Imperial Russian Book Reviews 5: Road to Ekaterinburg: Nicholas and Alexandra’s Daughters 1913-1918 by ECS Banks
By synthesizing the known source material about the daily lives of the Grand Duchesses and analyzing their reading material and cultural...
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