Princess Victoria Melita by John Van Der Kiste

Princess Victoria Melita by John Van Der Kiste

Princess Victoria Melita played a colourful role from her birth in 1876. The second daughter of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, she made a brief and unhappy marriage at the age of 17 to her cousin, Ernest, Grand Duke of Hesse. In the face of strong opposition from her family she divorced him seven years later and married another cousin, Grand Duke Cyril of Russia, resulting in three years of exile. When revolution toppled the empire in 1917, the Grand Duke and Duchess and their children escaped to Finland, living in danger for three long years. Following the atrocities of the Bolsheviks at the time, including the murder of most of the Romanov family, the Grand Duke believed he was the senior surviving member of the imperial house, and proclaimed himself Tsar. However, they were never able to return to their homeland, and the Grand Duchess died in exile in 1936. Using previously unpublished correspondence from the Royal Archives and Astor papers, this is a portrait of the Princess, set against the imperial courst of the turn of the 20th century and inter-war Europe.

John van Der Kiste is a well-known and respected royal writer. As Royal Book News asserted.'Surely one of the best royal writers today'.

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ISBN 13	9780750934695
ISBN 10	0750934697
Title	Princess Victoria Melita
Author	John Van Der Kiste
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The History Press Ltd
Year published	2003-11-05
Number of pages	192
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