TY - BOOK AU - Hall, Coryne AU - Koenig, Marlene Eilers AU - Lalor, William Mead AU - McInstosh, David AU - Menzies, Grant AU - Stewart, Charles AU - van der Kiste, John AU - Wimbles, John TI - The Grand duchesses: daughters and granddaughters of the tsars of Russia since Paul I AV - DK 254 .G762 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - Oakland, Calif. PB - Eurohistory.com KW - Princesses KW - sears KW - Romanov, House of. KW - Russia N1 - Arturo E. Beeche, editor & publishers.---COVER; Includes index N2 - Contains a collection of biographies examining the lives of the daughters and granddaughters of the Tsars of Russia since Paul 1. The Romanov daughters were described as rearing rulers, wielding regencies,vetting prime ministers,plotting coups and dodging bullets. These women were characterized as proto-feminists, privileged to make more men than ever ruled them, each came to understand what few others would believe: every pedestal is a precipice, palaces are prisons , and wealth will not purchase well-being ER -