Empress Alexandra : The Special Relationship Between Russia's Last Tsarina and Queen Victoria
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
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
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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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