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Subject(s)

• Nobility—Russia—Biography [Browse]
• Russia—History—1801-1917 [Browse]
• Ksenii︠a︡ Aleksandrovna Grand Duchess, daughter of Alexander III, Emperor of Russia 1875-1960 [Browse]

Author

• Hall, Coryne [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Biographies [Browse]

Summary note

Important new archive of material including letters, postcards, photographs, and other Romanov documents allows a biography of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (a member of the last Tsar family) to be produced.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-260) and index.

Contents

• 'A sense of happiness seemed to linger' (1864-90)
• 'A seventh heaven of bliss' (1890-4)
• 'Of one thing she certainly is not shy' (1894-1900)
• 'Why are we being punished by God?' (1901-5)
• 'A great woman and a wonderful mother' (1906-13)
• ' ... if dear Papa were still alive?' (1914-17)
• 'Poor little Xenia' (1917)
• 'It all seems like a terrible nightmare' (1918-19)
• 'Any mark of sympathy in times like these' (1919-24)
• 'The light of our life is gone' (1925-8)
• 'As the Grand Duchess is very poor ... ' (1928-36)
• 'The Grand Old Lady of the North' (1936-45)
• 'Always a Grand Duchess' (1945-60).

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Other title(s)

Xenia, sister of Nicholas II

ISBN

• 0750927496
• 9780750927499

OCLC

49593798

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