Queen Marie of Roumania was one of the most fascinating crowned heads of Europe and one of the most extraordinary and independent women of our century. The granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Tzar Alexander II of Russia, at seventeen Marie left the glittering courts of Western Europe to marry the Crown Prince of Roumania. Drawing upon the young queen s diaries and letters, the author describes her struggle to gain an independent footing in the male- dominated court of Roumania, her early years as one of the most admired beauties of Europe, and the decisive period during World War I when she all but ran the Roumanian Government. With the sweep and panache of a great epic, this compelling story is historical biography at its best. This enthralling book is like a huge spicy plum pudding stuffed with juicy fruits Maureen Cleave, Evening Standard

Last Romantic: Biography of Queen Marie of Roumania

History

PAKULA, Hannah

Europe

Simon&Schuster

Physical description; 700p, [32]p of plates : ill, geneal. tables, maps, ports ; 25cm. Subject; Victoria Empress, consort of Frederick III, German Emperor 1840-1901.

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Biographies & Memoirs

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Weidenfeld&Nicolson

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From her birth into the ranks of European aristocracy to her efforts to save Roumania from the hands of the Communists, this biography provides a colorful portrait of the famous queen

The Last Romantic: A Biography of Queen Marie of Roumania

Americas

A retelling of the life of Princess Victoria, the daughter of Queen Victoria, who married the Crown Prince of Prussia and gave birth to Kaiser Wilhelm, vividly portrays an era of ambition, war, and revolution. 20,000 first printing.

An Uncommon Woman: Empress Frederick, Daughter of Queen Victoria, Wife of the Crown Prince of Prussia

Recounts the life of daughter of Queen Victoria--the Empress Frederick--and her personal war against the antidemocratic, antifeminist forces during a revolutionary time in European history, from the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of World War I. Reprint.

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With the beautiful and powerful Madame Chiang Kai-Shek at the center of one of the great dramas of the 20th century, the author of An Uncommon Woman offers the story of the founding of modern China, from the revolution that swept away the monarchy to the eventual loss to the communists and exile in Taiwan.

The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China

With a beautiful, powerful, and sexy Madame Chiang Kai-Shek at the center of one of the great dramas of the twentieth century, this is the story of the founding of modern China. With the beautiful, powerful, and sexy Madame Chiang Kai-Shek at the center of one of the great dramas of the twentieth century, this is the story of the founding of modern China, starting with a revolution that swept away more than 2,000 years of monarchy, followed by World War II, and ending in eventual loss to the Communists and exile in Taipei. Praised by China scholar Jonathan Spence for “an impressive amount of telling material, drawn from a wide array of sources,” Pakula presents an epic historical tapestry, a wonderfully wrought narrative that brings to life what Americans should know about China—the superpower we are inextricably linked with.

From her birth into the ranks of European aristocracy to her efforts to save Roumania from the hands of the Communists, this biography provides a colorful portrait of the famous queen

Last Romantic

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Last Romantic: Biography of Queen Marie of Roumania

An uncommon woman: the Empress Frederick

The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China

The Last Romantic: A Biography of Queen Marie of Roumania

The Last Romantic: A Biography of Queen Marie of Roumania

An Uncommon Woman: Empress Frederick, Daughter of Queen Victoria, Wife of the Crown Prince of Prussia

An Uncommon Woman - The Empress Frederick: Daughter of Queen Victoria, Wife of the Crown Prince of Prussia, Mother of Kaiser Wilhelm

The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China

The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China

Last Romantic