The
marriage between tsar Nicolas II and his wife Alexandra was an exception in
royal circles in the 19th century. They married for love and they
loved each other deeply until the very last day.
Their letters and diaries speak of this love and in this book, we can read those letters and diaries.
Their letters and diaries speak of this love and in this book, we can read those letters and diaries.
In A lifelong passion you can find the collected and
selected letters and diaries of Nicolas and Alexander, but also letters and
diary fragments of their children, family members and people from the court and
government. It gives a really good insight how the relationships between the
Imperial couple and the people who surrounded were. It also gives a very good
insight in the times and the historical events of those days.
As a
Romanov-fan you want to have A lifelong passion on your bookshelves, since it
brings the Imperial Family so very close.
Years most
of these sources were locked away in archives and only when communism fell,
these archived were opened and the material could be studied. This
resulted in this wonderful book. For me it is one of my most prizes books about the Romanovs.
Full title:
A lifelong passion. Nicolas and Alexandra, their own story
Pubished in
1997
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