Empress Alexandra : The Special Relationship Between Russia's Last Tsarina and Queen Victoria

Name: Empress Alexandra
Brand: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
SKU: 9781526723871
Price: 4500 KES
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ISBN: 9781526723871

by Melanie Clegg

Book Details

Format Hardback

ISBN-10 1526723875

ISBN-13 9781526723871

Publisher Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Imprint Pen & Sword History

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 14th, 2020

Print length 208 Pages

Weight 578 grams

Dimensions 24.10 x 16.30 x 2.90 cms

Product Classification: Biography: historical, political & military Biography: royalty Biography: historical, political and military Biography: royalty

KSh 4,500.00

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Melanie Clegg takes a fresh and intimate look at the close relationship that existed between the last Empress of Russia and her grandmother Queen Victoria. The story begins with the birth of Alexandra's mother Princess Alice, who was the third child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

When Queen Victoria's second daughter Princess Alice married the Prince Louis of Hesse and Rhine in 1862 even her own mother described the ceremony as more of a funeral than a wedding' thanks to the fact that it took place shortly after the death of Alice's beloved father Prince Albert. Sadly, the young princess' misfortunes didn't end there and when she also died prematurely, her four motherless daughters were taken under the wing of their formidable grandmother, Victoria. Alix, the youngest of Alice's daughters and allegedly one of the most beautiful princesses in Europe, was a special favourite of the elderly queen, who hoped that she would marry her cousin Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and one day reign beside him as Queen. However, the spirited and stubborn Alix had other ideas

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