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Little Mother of Russia - A Biography of Empress Marie Feodorovna (Paperback, New edition)
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Little Mother of Russia - A Biography of Empress Marie Feodorovna (Paperback, New edition)
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Empress Marie (1847-1928) lived one of the most dramatic lives of
any princess who sat on the Russian throne. Born Princess Dagmar of
Denmark she was betrothed to Tsarevitch Nicholas of Russia, a love
match on both sides, but he died months before the wedding. Out of
duty she married his brother who came to the throne as Tsar
Alexander III in 1881 on the assassination of his father Alxander
II. Her son was Nicholas II, the last Tsar. Everything she held
most dear was destroyed before her eyes. Her husband died in his
prime and two of her sons died young. During the First World War,
her advice unheeded, the Tsar took command of the army and she
could only watch as the country she loved was governed by her
daughter-in-law Empress Alexandra and Rasputin, with disastrous
results. Russia was engulfed in revolution, leading to the
destruction of the dynasty and the Church. After a period of house
arrest under the Bolsheviks, she escaped and was brought to England
on board a British warship. Her word was law among the emigres and
her influence was paramount among the Romanovs. She had truly
become Matoushka - the Mother of the Russian People. She died in
Denmark in 1928. This is the first major work in English, using
previously unpublished material from the Royal Archives and
information in Russian, Danish and Finnish not previously available
in English.
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