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Despite its title, this book is not a biography of the English Imperialist but rather an on-the-spot and personal review of the tumultuous events leading up to, during, and immediately after the South African War of 1899-1902. Basing much of her account on personal observations and interviews, the author provides a fascinating overview of many of the intrigues and personalities of the time.

Excerpt from The Disillusions of a Crown Princess: Being the Story of the Courtship and Married Life of Cecile, Ex-Crown Princess of Germany IT Was a bright winter's day. The vast halls Of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg were filled with a great crowd of people eager to catch a glimpse of one of the fairest brides that had ever been led to the altar Of its chapel. The Imperial Family and the Court were celebrating the nuptials of the niec...

Excerpt from The Royal Marriage Market of Europe At even so recent a period as the middle of the nineteenth century, the question of a suitable consort for the son and heir of King Louis Philippe caused ink to ¿ow copiously in the chancelleries of the great capitals, as upon it was supposed to depend the con solidation of the Orleans dynasty on its usurped throne. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare a...

The astonishing last days of the Russian imperial dynastyThe principal work in this special Leonaur edition caused a sensation when it was first published since it is a 'tell it all' from the pen of an insider in the Russian court during the first years of the 20th century. Its revelations upon publication would have brought disaster upon the author, Count Paul Vassili, had he not died, thus putting him beyond the vengeance of all earthly mona...

The astonishing last days of the Russian imperial dynastyThe principal work in this special Leonaur edition caused a sensation when it was first published since it is a 'tell it all' from the pen of an insider in the Russian court during the first years of the 20th century. Its revelations upon publication would have brought disaster upon the author, Count Paul Vassili, had he not died, thus putting him beyond the vengeance of all earthly mona...

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This popular biography of the wife of Czar Nicholas II by Princess Catherine Radziwill, an insider at the courts of Germany and Russia, written under the pseudonym Count Paul Vassili, was published in April 1918 while the Czar and his family were still in exile and before their execution in July that year.

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. W...

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