Rebel Romanov

 Princess of Saxe-Coburg, Grand Duchess of Russia, aunt to Queen Victoria: this is the story of Julie - rebel princess, lost Romanov.   

Helen Rappaport was born in Bromley, Kent, and studied Russian at Leeds University, before working as a translator and copy editor. She has been a full-time writer for more than twenty-three years, and in 2003 discovered and purchased an 1869 portrait of Mary Seacole that now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, sparking a long investigation into Seacole's life and career.