William Lee is a native of Portland Oregon (USA), and has an MA in Central and East European History and a Ph.D. in Russian History, both from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College, London. His dissertation was entitled “Grand Ducal Role and Identity as a Reflection on the Interaction of State and Dynasty in Imperial Russia.” He has spent many years researching the life of Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, one of the murderers of Rasputin. 

William is also working with Prince David Chavchavadze on a translation of the 1917-1918 correspondence of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and the 1917-1918 diaries of Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, and has contributed two chapters (co-written with Janet Ashton) to "The Grand Dukes."

A Greek Orthodox Christian and catechist, he enjoys helping non-Orthodox authors understand Orthodox theology and the profound influence it had on Russian identity and worldview. 

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Read William's articles 

Dmitry youngNEW!on the early days of Dmitry Pavlovich  Dmitry Pavlovich in later lifeAnd the end of Dmitry Pavlovich (from the magazine Davoser Revue) Remembering Lindsey HughesBronze Horseman


Sue Woolmans has written articles on ninteenth-century royalty for Royalty Digest,  Gilbert's Royal Digest and ERHJ. She has also written on palace architecture in Atlantis magazine. Sue lives in London and works as a sound engineer for BBC radio. She is married to a man who, fortunately, is an expert at putting up Ikea bookshelves. She eats a lot of chocolate.

Read Sue's articles

on the reburial of Empress Marie Feodorovna, widow of Tsar Alexander III

 Alexander Nevsky Chapel, Peterhof		 on the life of Nikolai Krasnov, architect of the White Palace, Livadia (from Atlantis magazine)





White Palace, Livadia
 on her own intrepid travels around Europe with friends 



Asamkirche, Munich

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