Collected Works: Once a Grand Duke; Always a Grand Duke; Twilight of Royalty - Softcover

Alexander, Grand Duke Of Russia

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9781539950387: Collected Works: Once a Grand Duke; Always a Grand Duke; Twilight of Royalty
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1539950387 ISBN 13: 9781539950387
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia (1866-1933), grandson of Tsar Nicholas I, and brother-in-law of Tsar Nicholas II, served as a naval officer during the last years of the Romanov dynasty. Married to Grand Duchess Xenia, he was the father-in-law of Prince Felix Youssoupov, one of the men who helped to murder Rasputin, the 'Holy Man', whose influence over Empress Alexandra did so much to bring about the fall of the last Tsar. After the Russian revolution and the fall of the dynasty Alexander settled in France, where he published two volumes of memoirs, 'Once a Grand Duke' and 'Always a Grand Duke', as well as a commentary on the state of European monarchy during the 1920s and 1930s, 'Twilight of Royalty'. Essential reading on the period, these three books are now published together in one volume for the first time, with a short introduction by John Van der Kiste.

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Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1539950387
ISBN 13 
9781539950387
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
538
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