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Title: The Last Grand Duchess: Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, 1 June 1882-24 November 1960 by Ian Vorres ISBN: 1-55263-302-0 Publisher: Key Porter Books Pub. Date: October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Amazing!
Comment: Grand Duchess Olga Alexandra was nothing short of a amazing woman and this book is great in showing that. From her childhood days spent in her father's study to the Revolution to her days in Canada, this books gives vivid details of everything. Ian Vorres put this memoir together beautifully. A must have for all Romanov fans!
Rating: 5
Summary: A book to be savored
Comment: I normally race through books like a speed demon, but this was so enjoyable I read it s-l-o-w-l-y - and several times.
Olga was a woman raised in the lap of luxury in the Russian court but was able and willing to work at hard physical labor on farms in Denmark and Canada for decades without apparent bitterness at what many might consider her "fall" from high status.
At the very end of her life with no income and relatives around her, she accepted an invitation from Russian emigrees and spent her last months on a second-floor apartment in a working-class neighborhood in Toronto.
I have been going through some drastic changes in my life - rather unwillingly - and have spent a lot of time thinking about Olga and how she accepted things that happened.
Was she perfect? No, but I wonder if I could have lived her life with so much courage and acceptance.
I HIGHLY recommend this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Meet Olga Alexandrovna Romanova...
Comment: This is a wonderful book, written in direct cooperation with the Grand Duchess herself. Born into the purple as the daughter of a Tsar, Olga Alexandrovna ended her life as she had always sought to live it - simply, and with family. Her insights, and the author's, are a wonderful portal to an era of an almost-mythical past. Though this new edition has many errors, I think it's due to sloppy editing of computer scans. I hope that next time around, these errors will be fixed.
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Title: Little Mother of Russia: A Biography of Empress Marie Fedorovna (1847-1928) by Coryne Hall ISBN: 0841914214 Publisher: Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $37.95 |
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Title: Once a Grand Duchess: Xenia, Sister of Nicholas II by John Van Der Kiste, Coryne Hall ISBN: 0750927496 Publisher: Sutton Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Romanov Autumn: Stories from the Last Century of Imperial Russia by Charlotte Zeepvat ISBN: 0750927399 Publisher: Sutton Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Alice : Princess Andrew of Greece by Hugo Vickers ISBN: 0312288867 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 28 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Lost Splendor: The Amazing Memoirs of the Man Who Killed Rasputin by Prince Felix Youssoupoff ISBN: 1885586582 Publisher: Helen Marx Books Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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