|
Books > History > World history > From 1900
|
Buy Now
Queen Victoria and The Romanovs - Sixty Years of Mutual Distrust (Paperback)
Loot Price: R274
Discovery Miles 2 740
You Save: R55
(17%)
|
|
|
Queen Victoria and The Romanovs - Sixty Years of Mutual Distrust (Paperback)
 (sign in to rate)
List price R329
Loot Price R274
Discovery Miles 2 740
You Save R55 (17%)
Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days
|
Despite their frequent visits to England, Queen Victoria never
quite trusted the Romanovs. In her letters she referred to 'horrid
Russia' and was adamant that she did not wish her granddaughters to
marry into that barbaric country. 'Russia I could not wish for any
of you,' she said. She distrusted Tsar Nicholas I but as a young
woman she was bowled over by his son, the future Alexander II,
although there could be no question of a marriage. Political
questions loomed large and the Crimean War did nothing to improve
relations. This distrust started with the story of the Queen's
'Aunt Julie', Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and her
disastrous Russian marriage. Starting with this marital
catastrophe, Romanov expert Coryne Hall traces sixty years of
family feuding that include outright war, inter-marriages,
assassination, and the Great Game in Afghanistan, when Alexander
III called Victoria 'a pampered, sentimental, selfish old woman'.
In the fateful year of 1894, Victoria must come to terms with the
fact that her granddaughter has become Nicholas II's wife, the
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. Eventually, distrust of the German
Kaiser brings Victoria and the Tsar closer together. Permission has
kindly been granted by the Royal Archives at Windsor to use
extracts from Queen Victoria's journals to tell this fascinating
story of family relations played out on the world stage.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
(2)
