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Princess Olga

Author : Olga Romanoff
Publisher : Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780856835179
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Princess Olga written by Olga Romanoff and published by Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Princess Olga Romanoff, is the daughter of the eldest nephew of Tsar Nicholas II, murdered with his family by the Bolsheviks in 1918. She is the youngest child of the late Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, who was born in the Winter Palace in St Petersburg in 1897. He fled Russia in 1918 with his pregnant (first) wife and his father, Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovich, while his mother, Grand Duchess Xenia, and his grandmother, Her Imperial Highness Maria Feodorovna, followed a year later. The fabled Romanov jewels that they were able to smuggle out had to be sold and the exiled family lived for some time at various grace-and-favour homes at Windsor and Hampton Court. The book is peppered with amusing anecdotes about the Royal Family and their British cousins. The reader will also get a glimpse of the Princess's cosseted childhood. She was looked after by a number of nannies and then privately educated at home for fear of mixing with ordinary local children. My mother was a frightful snob, says Princess Olga, who rebelled, and who still laughs about one of her mother's ambitions: to marry her off to Prince Charles! It was indeed an unusual upbringing with a snobbish and strict mother of Scottish and Scandinavian background, and a more relaxed and indulgent Romanov father whose occupation was stated as 'Prince of Russia' on Olga's birth certificate. Her home, Provender House is crammed full of fascinating Romanov memorabilia, from the crockery used by the tsar and his family during their final captivity in Ekaterinburg, to the diamond blade penknife used for scratching the news of Prince Andrei's birth on a window pane in the Winter Palace - still there for visitors to see. The rambling 30-room Provender House, now open to the public, has indeed been witness to some extraordinary tales - many of them hitherto untold - handed down by Princess Olga's father." -- provided by publisher.

Princess Olga of Yugoslavia

Author : Robert Prentice
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781839754425
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (544 download)

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Download or read book Princess Olga of Yugoslavia written by Robert Prentice and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often called the 'most royal Princess in Europe', Olga's life is imbued with drama from the outset: Taken 'hostage' by her Romanov grandmother, she is further traumatised by the assassination of her grandfather, the King of Greece, followed by a humiliating Swiss exile and being cast aside by a future Danish king. While Olga's marriage to the Prince Regent of Yugoslavia finds her raised to the rank of Consort, it eventually leads to her being branded a 'dangerous traitor' and sent as a 'political prisoner' to Kenya. Yet, as readers will discover, this is ultimately a story of duty, determination and redemption.

Princesses Behaving Badly

Author : Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
Publisher : Quirk Books
ISBN 13 : 1594746656
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Princesses Behaving Badly written by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie and published by Quirk Books. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 30 true stories of take-charge princesses from around the world and throughout history offer a different kind of bedtime story . . . Pop history meets a funny, feminist point-of-view in these illustrated tales of “royal terrors who make modern gossip queens seem as demure as Snow White” (New York Post). You think you know her story. You’ve read the Brothers Grimm, you’ve watched the Disney cartoons, and you cheered as these virtuous women lived happily ever after. But real princesses didn’t always get happy endings—and had very little in common with Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, or Ariel. Featuring illustrations by Wicked cover artist, Douglas Smith, Princesses Behaving Badly tells the true stories of famous (Marie Antoinette; Lucrezia Borgia)—and some not-so-famous—princesses throughout history and around the world, including: • Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe, a Nazi spy. • Empress Elisabeth of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, who slept wearing a mask of raw veal. • Princess Olga of Kiev, who slaughtered her way to sainthood. • Princess Lakshmibai, who waged war on the battlefield with her toddler strapped to her back. Some were villains, some were heroes, some were just plain crazy. But none of these princesses felt constrained to our notions of “lady-like” behavior.

Olga Romanov

Author : Patricia Phenix
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Olga Romanov written by Patricia Phenix and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1999 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Charmed Wife

Author : Olga Grushin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593085507
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Charmed Wife written by Olga Grushin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Genre-bending and darkly comic, Grushin's fourth novel is a weird and wonderful triumph." –O, the Oprah Magazine Cinderella wants her Prince Charming dead in this sophisticated fairy-tale for the twenty-first century. Cinderella married the man of her dreams--the perfect ending she deserved after diligently following all the fairy-tale rules. Yet now, thirteen and a half years later, things have gone badly wrong and her life is far from perfect. One night, fed up and exhausted, she sneaks out of the palace to get help from the Witch who, for a price, offers love potions to disgruntled housewives. But as the old hag flings the last ingredients into the cauldron, Cinderella doesn't ask for a love spell to win back her Prince Charming. Instead, she wants him dead. Endlessly surprising, wildly inventive, and decidedly modern, The Charmed Wife weaves together time and place, fantasy and reality, to conjure a world unlike any other. Nothing in it is quite what it seems--the twists and turns of its magical, dark, and swiftly shifting paths take us deep into the heart of what makes us unique, of romance and marriage, and of the very nature of storytelling.

The Crime of Olga Arbyelina

Author : Andreï Makine
Publisher : Arcade Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781559704946
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Crime of Olga Arbyelina written by Andreï Makine and published by Arcade Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Russian princess, a refugee from the Bolsheviks, abandoned by a faithless husband, flees with her child to France, where she is subsequently found half-naked on a riverbank next to a body of a man with a terrible wound on his head.

Cult, Culture, and Authority

Author : Olga Dror
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824829727
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Cult, Culture, and Authority written by Olga Dror and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Princess Lieu Hanh, often called the Mother of the Vietnamese people by her followers, is one of the most prominent goddesses in Vietnamese popular religion. First emerging some four centuries ago as a local sect appealing to women, the princess' cult has since transcended its geographical and gender boundaries and remains vibrant today. Who was this revered deity? Was she a virtuous woman or a prostitute? Why did people begin worshiping her and why have they continued? Cult, Culture, and Authority traces Lieu Hanh's cult from its ostensible appearance in the sixteenth century to its present-day prominence in North Vietnam and considers it from a broad range of perspectives, as religion and literature and in the context of politics and society. Over time, Lieu Hanh's personality and cult became the subject of numerous literary accounts, and these historical texts are a major source for this book. Author Olga Dror explores the authorship and historical context of each text considered, treating her subject in an interdisciplinary way. Her interest lies in how these accounts reflect the various political agendas of successive generations of intellectuals and officials. The same cult was called into service for a variety of ideological ends: feminism, nationalism, Buddhism, or Daoism.

Olga of Kyiv

Author : Celeste Yeakley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Olga of Kyiv written by Celeste Yeakley and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-12 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olga of Kyiv could be called the mother of Christianity, yet her life was far from saintly. When her husband was murdered in a most gruesome way, she vowed revenge and executed it with a hardness that few could comprehend. Olga was left to protect their only son, who would become Grand Prince, if he were to live long enough to take the title.Left to rule a violent world, Olga found a way to earn the loyalty of her people. Still, every day brought challenges, including an enormous secret that could never be revealed.How did this woman become a saint? The answer is found in the quest for redemption, the foundation of faith that she instilled in her grandson, and the miracle that followed her death.

Once Upon a Diamond

Author : Prince Dimitri
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847866912
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book Once Upon a Diamond written by Prince Dimitri and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable history of jewelry told through the beguiling stories of the royal families of Italy, Greece, Belgium, Russia, and Yugoslavia. Renowned jewelry designer Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia recounts the enthralling exploits of his beloved family members and describes their extraordinary jewelry collections. Among the many royals whose stories are richly illustrated in this volume are his paternal grandparents Prince Regent Paul and Princess Olga of Yugoslavia; Grand Duke Vladimir and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia; his great-grandparents Prince Nicolas and Princess Helen of Greece as well as his maternal grandparents King Umberto II and Queen Marie-José of Italy. The exquisite photography and family albums of Grand Duchess Elena of Russia (later Princess of Greece and Prince Dimitri's great-grandmother) present remarkable never-before-seen images of prerevolutionary life of the Russian imperial family, their court, and their many European royal family members and friends. This luxurious tome also includes exclusive and previously unpublished designs by Prince Dimitri, which juxtapose uncommon materials and color in imaginative yet timeless forms.

Olga's War

Author : David Rutter
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1608446964
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Olga's War written by David Rutter and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fall with Olga the Cloud

Author : Nicoletta Costa
Publisher : Xist Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1532402740
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (324 download)

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Download or read book Fall with Olga the Cloud written by Nicoletta Costa and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about seasons with Olga the Cloud Olga is a cute little cloud who gets very lonely in the fall. Autumn is the season when the sun is sleepy so she has no one to play with. Not to worry! Olga calls her friends and they have a little party. When clouds get together, they have lots of fun, but sometimes everyone else gets wet! This book is part of the Olga the Cloud series. Each 12-page story features the charming cloud in simple situations, perfect for teaching babies and toddlers. Olga the Cloud stories were originally published in Italian and are now brought to English audiences in ebook editions. Xist Publishing is proud to present the Olga the Cloud Books to a new generation of children. By bringing beloved stories from diverse cultures to new audiences, Xist Publishing celebrates childhood in all its beautiful forms. We hope your children will enjoy these stories and discover a lifetime love of reading and love for all the people and creatures of the world.

Four Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses

Author : Helen Rappaport
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1447250486
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book Four Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses written by Helen Rappaport and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 17 July 1918, four young women walked down into the cellar of a house in Ekaterinburg. The eldest was twenty-two, the youngest only seventeen. Together with their parents and their thirteen-year-old brother, they were all brutally murdered. Their crime: to be the daughters of the last Tsar and Tsaritsa of All the Russias. In Four Sisters acclaimed biographer Helen Rappaport offers readers the most authoritative account yet of the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. Drawing on their own letters and diaries, she paints a vivid picture of their lives in the dying days of the Romanov dynasty. We see, almost for the first time, their journey from a childhood of enormous privilege, throughout which they led a very sheltered and largely simple life, to young womanhood – their first romantic crushes, their hopes and dreams, the difficulty of coping with a mother who was a chronic invalid and a haemophiliac brother, and, latterly, the trauma of the revolution and its terrible consequences. Compellingly readable, meticulously researched and deeply moving, Four Sisters gives these young women a voice, and allows their story to resonate for readers almost a century after their death. 'An astoundingly intimate tale of domestic life lived in the crucible of power' – Observer

25 Chapters of My Life

Author : Olʹga Aleksandrovna (Grand Duchess of Russia)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781906775162
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book 25 Chapters of My Life written by Olʹga Aleksandrovna (Grand Duchess of Russia) and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grand Duchess Olga records her life with an artist's eye for detail, against the backdrop of the historical events which shook the world.

The Russian Fairy Book

Author : Nathan Haskell Dole
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486410196
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Russian Fairy Book written by Nathan Haskell Dole and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2000-04-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time-honored tales from Mother Russia include "Vasilisa the Beauty," "The Little Sister and Little Brother," "The White Duckling," "The Bright-Hawk's Feather," 3 more. Superb translations by noted scholar.

The Last Grand Duchess

Author : Bryn Turnbull
Publisher : MIRA
ISBN 13 : 0369706536
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book The Last Grand Duchess written by Bryn Turnbull and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Powerful and haunting . . . an intimate and unforgettable tale that transports the reader to the heart of Imperial Russia.” —Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba This sweeping novel takes readers behind palace walls to see the end of Imperial Russia through the eyes of Olga Nikolaevna Romanov, the first daughter of the last tsar Grand Duchess Olga Romanov comes of age amid a shifting tide for the great dynasties of Europe. But even as unrest simmers in the capital, Olga is content to live within the confines of the sheltered life her parents have built for her and her three sisters: hiding from the world on account of their mother’s ill health, their brother Alexei’s secret affliction, and rising controversy over Father Grigori Rasputin, the priest on whom the tsarina has come to rely. Olga’s only escape from the seclusion of Alexander Palace comes from the grand tea parties her aunt hosts amid the shadow court of Saint Petersburg—a world of opulent ballrooms, scandalous flirtation, and whispered conversation. But as war approaches, the palaces of Russia are transformed. Olga and her sisters trade their gowns for nursing habits, assisting in surgeries and tending to the wounded bodies and minds of Russia’s military officers. As troubling rumors about her parents trickle in from the front, Olga dares to hope that a budding romance might survive whatever the future may hold. But when tensions run high and supplies run low, the controversy over Rasputin grows into fiery protest, and calls for revolution threaten to end three hundred years of Romanov rule. At turns glittering and harrowing, The Last Grand Duchess is a story about dynasty, duty, and love, but above all, it’s the story of a family who would choose devotion to each other over everything—including their lives. Looking for more historical fiction from Bryn Turnbull? Don't miss The Woman Before Wallis. For fans of The Paris Wife and The Crown, this stunning novel tells the true story of the American divorcée who captured Prince Edward’s heart before he abdicated his throne for Wallis Simpson.

My Indian Summer

Author : Princess Olga Cantacuzène Altieri
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book My Indian Summer written by Princess Olga Cantacuzène Altieri and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Last Hurrah

Author : Graham Viney
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1472143175
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book The Last Hurrah written by Graham Viney and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2019-04-18 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Elizabeth captures in vivid detail perhaps the single-most important formative experience in Queen Elizabeth's life, the 1947 royal tour of southern Africa with her parents King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, during which she celebrated her twenty-first birthday. The year of the royal tour of southern Africa, 1947, marked both the high-water mark of the British Empire and the very moment at which it began to unravel. Graham Viney has written an intimate, revealing portrait of the young princess on tour with her parents and sister, Princess Margaret, hard at work in the national interest, and succeeding triumphantly against all odds. In the words of Rian Malan, South African author of My Traitor's Heart, it is 'a story about a country teetering on the brink of convulsive change and yet almost united, at least for a moment, by love for a king and queen who weren't really ours.' The year 1947 was a pivotal moment not just in the history of the Union of South Africa, but of the British Empire itself. Later that same year India gained independence and just one year later the Afrikaner Nationalist victory in South Africa would lead inexorably to the Republic of South Africa in 1961 and its departure from the Commonwealth. The present Queen Elizabeth must have learned a great deal about statecraft from her father, and about duty, tact and hard work from both her parents in the course of this three-month tour, during which the then princess celebrated her twenty-first birthday. It was also the family's first real experience of multiculturalism. Graham Viney's book gives us an intimate and revealing portrait of the royal family, while also superbly capturing a moment in the life of a fractious, recently formed 'nation', before its descent into over four decades of darkness. The royal family travelled ceaselessly, from February to April, on a specially commissioned, white-and-gold train, meeting thousands of people at every stop along the way. The tour was a show of imperial solidarity and a recognition of South Africa's contribution to the Allied cause during the Second World War, specifically that of South African prime minister Jan Smuts, who had served in both British war cabinets. Young Elizabeth draws skilfully on many diverse sources, not least the Royal Archive at Windsor, and includes many photographs of the royal family not previously published, such as stills from film footage held by the South African National Film, Video and Sound Archives in Pretoria.