The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse The curious destinies of Queen Victoria's granddaughters

The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse The curious destinies of Queen Victoria's granddaughters

A gripping family saga and a portrait of a world in turmoilThe Princesses of Hesse were Queen Victoria's grandchildren. After the death of their mother, Queen Victoria's favourite daughter Alice, the Queen stepped in, taking an almost manic interest in the motherless g......
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<p><b>A gripping family saga and a portrait of a world in turmoil</b><br><br>The Princesses of Hesse were Queen Victoria's grandchildren. After the death of their mother, Queen Victoria's favourite daughter Alice, the Queen stepped in, taking an almost manic interest in the motherless girl's marriage prospects. Very little went according to plan. Fortunately, Queen Victoria did not live to see her direst fears for the girls spouses being realised. She died in January 1901, just before her beloved Hesse granddaughters became caught up in the maelstrom of early 20th century Europe. <br><br>The youngest sister, <b>Alix</b>, married Tsar Nicholas II of Russia; she was assassinated, along with the rest of her family, in a cellar in Ekaterinburg.<br> The second, <b>Ella</b>, married the Russian Grand Duke Serge. After he was assassinated, she became a nun, only to be assassinated by the Bolsheviks twenty-four hours after Alix in 1918.<br> The third, <b>Irene</b>, married the Kaiser's brother
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A gripping family saga and a portrait of a world in turmoilThe Princesses of Hesse were Queen Victoria''s grandchildren. After the sudden death of her daughter Alice, Queen Victoria took an obsessive interest in the marriage prospects of the four girls she left behind. Very little went according to plan. Fortunately, Queen Victoria did not live to see her direst fears for the girls spouses being realised. She died in January 1901, just before her beloved Hesse granddaughters became caught up in the maelstrom of early 20th century Europe. The youngest sister, Alix, married Tsar Nicholas II of Russia; she was assassinated, along with the rest of her family, in a cellar in Ekaterinburg. The second, Ella, married the Russian Grand Duke Serge. After he was assassinated, she became a nun, only to be assassinated by the Bolsheviks twenty-four hours after Alix in 1918. The third, Irene, married the Kaiser''s brother, Prince Henry, and was entangled in the 1918 German uprisings. The eldest sister, Princess Victoria, married Prince Louis Battenberg, and became the mother of Lord Louis Mountbatten and grandmother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.Their lives were all dramatic, and this group biography shows how they interacted as sisters, forever jostling for status and relaying the politics and intrigues that surrounded them. Drawing on hundreds of previously unseen letters from the sisters as well as from their grandmother Queen Victoria, The Princesses of Hesse takes us on a sweeping journey across the tumultuous landscape of the turn of the century - from the dramas of the Russian Court to the Russian Revolution, and through both World Wars in which they often found themselves on opposing sides.Both intimate and epic in scope, Frances Welch''s biography sheds new light on the four sisters'' lives, illuminating a remarkable period of history in the process.

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Ta del i et fascinerende kapittel fra historien med The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse, en gripende biografi som gir innsikt i livene til Queen Victorias barnebarn. I denne boken blir vi kjent med de fire søstrene, som navigerte i en verden preget av drama, intriger og en tidsalder i endring. Forvent å bli forbløffet over de tragiske skjebnene som rammet disse høybornede kvinnene.

Uforglemmelige skjebner og dramatiske liv

  • Alix: Den yngste søsteren, som ble dronning av Russland og møtte en tragisk skjebne etter revolusjonen.
  • Ella: Søsteren som ble nunne etter sin manns død, men som også ble offer for volden i 1918.
  • Irene: Ho som ble gift med en prins, og som stod midt i opprørene som rystet Tyskland.
  • Victoria: Den eldste søsteren, mor til Lord Louis Mountbatten og bestemor til prins Philip.

Bli med på en reise gjennom en dramatisk tid

Biografien graver dypt i de skjulte brevene mellom søstrene og deres kjære bestemor, Queen Victoria. Forbered deg på å bli tatt med på en reise gjennom:

  • Russisk hoffliv og revolusjonens mørke timer
  • De dramatiske vendepunktene under verdenskrigene
  • Søstrenes urolige relasjoner i en tid hvor stat og familie var uløselig knyttet sammen

Detaljer å merke seg

The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse er ikke bare en biografi, men et portrett av en verden i opprør. Detaljene i deres liv, kombinerer politikk med personlige tragedier, og gir leserne en dypere forståelse av denne turbulente perioden i historien. Enten du er en historieentusiast eller bare nysgjerrig på livene til kongelige, vil denne boka gripe deg fra første side.

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