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SUMMARY:Know You Her Secret – a book launch by Dr Merrilyn Thomas in con
 versation with Prof Anthony Cross - Dr Merrilyn Thomas
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CONTACT:Ksenia Afonina
DESCRIPTION:Dr Merrilyn Thomas will be in conversation with Professor Anth
 ony Cross who was one of her Russian history lecturers at the University o
 f East Anglia many years ago. They will be discussing her new historical n
 ovel\, Know You Her Secret\, set during the Russian Revolution. The book i
 s based on a true story\, that of Merrilyn’s great-great-aunt\, Lucy Kin
 g\, who was governess to Princess Sofka Dolgorouky. Merrilyn will be revea
 ling the stories – for there is  more than one – behind the novel incl
 uding how a reference in one of Professor Cross’s books led her to disco
 ver a link between the Dolgoroukys\, and the murder of Rasputin. The book 
 tells the story of how Lucy King was caught up in the revolution\, fled to
  Crimea and was eventually rescued\, along with the Dowager Empress of Rus
 sia\, by the British navy.\n\nWhen: Tuesday\, 4 February 2025 at 18:30 –
  20:30 (doors open at 18:00)\nWhere: The Gordon Cameron Lecture Theatre\, 
 Fitzwilliam College\, Cambridge\, CB3 0DG\nLanguage: English\nFormat: in p
 erson & online via Zoom\nTickets: £8 standard / £5 CamRuSS members & con
 cessions\;\nAccess via Zoom and video recording: £5 standard / free for C
 amRuSS members & students.\n\nPlease register here\, https://shorturl.at/o
 rvL9
LOCATION:The Gordon Cameron Lecture Theatre\, Fitzwilliam College\, Cambri
 dge\, CB3 0DG
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