Once A Grand Duke

Author : Grand Duke Alexander of Russia
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787205525
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Once a Grand Duke written by Grand Duke Alexander of Russia and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander lived in Paris when he wrote his memoirs, Once a Grand Duke, which were first published in 1932. It is a rich source of dynastical and court life in Imperial Russia’s last half century, and Alexander also describes time spent as guest of the future Abyssinian Emperor Ras Tafari. “The history of the last fifty turbulent years of the Russian Empire provides only a background, but is not the subject of this book. “In compiling this record of a grand duke’s progress I relied on memory only, all my letters, diaries and other documents having been partly burned by me and partly confiscated by the revolutionaries during the years of 1917 and 1918 in the Crimea.”—Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia, Foreword

Author : Alexander Mikhailovich
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528766733
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Once A Grand Duke written by Alexander Mikhailovich and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovic of Russia presents his memoirs and his reflections on the downfall of the Romanov family in this enlightening account of the final fifty years of the Russian Empire. The author narrates his childhood experiences growing up in the Caucuses and explains how he turned away from his expected role within the army in favour of serving in the navy. He describes his visits to South Africa, America and Europe and we see the headstrong Duke’s love of the outdoors. When his cousin becomes Tsar Nicholas II, Alexander Mikhailovic must play a part in the government and the reader is given an inside perspective of the running of the Russian Empire. His distorted perspective of autocracy is presented unapologetically and his opinions are often hypocritical. His hatred of the liberals who were responsible for the deaths of many of his friends and family members is unsurprising, but is contradicted by his own liberal ideas and rebellion against the Orthodox Church. This volume’s contents include: - Our Friends of December the Fourteenth - A Grand Duke is Born - My First War - An Emperor in Love - A Grand Duke Comes of Age - My Relatives - Millions That Were - Nicholas II Read & Co. History is proud to have republished this unique account of the last fifty years of the Russian empire and the events leading up to the fated February Revolution. Not to be missed by those with an interest in Russian history and the Romanov dynasty.

Author : Alexander Grand Duke Of Russia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781494086312
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Always a Grand Duke written by Alexander Grand Duke Of Russia and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1933 edition.

Author : John Van der Kiste
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752499297
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Once a Grand Duchess written by John Van der Kiste and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2004-02-25 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of Xenia, sister of Nicholas II gives a new angle on the Romanov story and provides new information on relationships within the family after the Revolution. Important new letters and photographs are also included.

Author : Feliks Feliksovich I︠U︡supov (kni︠a︡zʹ)
Publisher : Helen Marx Books
ISBN 13 : 9781885586582
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Splendor written by Feliks Feliksovich I︠U︡supov (kni︠a︡zʹ) and published by Helen Marx Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rasputin's is one of the most famous deaths in history. Now, his assassin's thrilling memoir is finally back in print. Born to great riches in the days before the Russian Revolution, and married to the niece of Czar Nicholas II, Prince Felix Youssoupoff observed at close range the rampant corruption and intrigues of the imperial court, which culminated in the rise to power of the sinister monk Rasputin. In 1916, Prince Felix and several aristocratic cohorts killed Rasputin, which more than any other single event brought about the cataclysmic upheaval of Tsarist Russia.

Author : Bill Sarpalius
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623496586
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grand Duke from Boys Ranch written by Bill Sarpalius and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a boy in Houston, Bill Sarpalius, his brothers, and their mother lived an itinerant life. Bill dug food out of trashcans, and he and his brothers moved from one school to the next. They squatted in a vacant home while their mother, affectionately called “Honey,” battled alcoholism and suicidal tendencies. In an act of desperation, she handed her three sons over to Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch north of Amarillo. At the time, Bill was thirteen years old and could not read. Life at Boys Ranch had its own set of harrowing challenges, however. He found himself living in fear of some staff and older boys. He became involved in Future Farmers of America and discovered a talent for public speaking. When he graduated, he had a hundred dollars and no place to go. He worked hard, earned a scholarship from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, and obtained a college degree. After a brief career as a teacher and in agribusiness, he won a seat in the Texas Senate. Driven by the memory of his suffering mother, he launched the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse in an effort to help people struggling with addiction. Sarpalius later served in the United States Congress. As a Lithuanian American, he took a special interest in that nation’s fight for independence from the Soviet Union. For his efforts, Sarpalius received the highest honor possible to a non-Lithuanian citizen and was named a “Grand Duke.” The Grand Duke from Boys Ranch is a unique political memoir—the story of a life full of unlikely paths that is at once heartbreaking and inspirational.

Author : Arden Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780849562839
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia written by Arden Library and published by . This book was released on 1932-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Grand Duke Alexander 'sandro' Mikhailovich
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781537382586
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We, the Romanovs written by Grand Duke Alexander 'sandro' Mikhailovich and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-03 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grand Duke Sandro Mikhailovich lazing in the grass with Nicky Romanov in May 1883 ... Within twenty-five years, the Romanovs, the most powerful, the most vicious and arguably the most bizarre imperial family of modern times will have ceased to rule Russia through a mixture of haplessness, indolence and fatalism. Sandro was a crucial witness to the collapse of his family. He was the cousin, brother-in-law and close friend of the last tsar, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. He was with Nicky when thousands of Russian peasants died at Khodynka Field during Nicky's coronation; he was with Nicky in the lead-up to the disastrous Russo-Japanese War; he was with Nicky during the failed revolution of 1905-6; he was with Nicky when the Russian Duma was established in an attempt to ward off future revolutions; he was with Nicky as Russia moved determinedly toward a military showdown with Germany; he was with Nicky fighting the German army of the Eastern Front during the First World War; he was with Nicky when he abdicated in favour of his brother, Michael, who refused the throne. This is a riveting first-hand account of the final days of the Russian Empire and of what it was like to be a member of the Russian Imperial Family at that time. And to our great good fortune, while Sandro may have been no Stolypin, he was a keen observer and an excellent writer. Anyone intrigued by the last days of the Romanovs as the ruling family of Russia should read this book.

Author : Pierre Gilliard
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thirteen years at the Russian court written by Pierre Gilliard and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a memoir written by Pierre Gilliard, the French language tutor to the five children of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia from 1905 to 1918. It was published following the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the execution of the Russian Imperial family. In this book, Gilliard described Tsarina Alexandra's torment over her son's hemophilia and her faith in the ability of starets Grigori Rasputin to heal the boy.

Author : Grand Duke of Russia Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781539950387
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collected Works written by Grand Duke of Russia Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia (1866-1933), grandson of Tsar Nicholas I, and brother-in-law of Tsar Nicholas II, served as a naval officer during the last years of the Romanov dynasty. Married to Grand Duchess Xenia, he was the father-in-law of Prince Felix Youssoupov, one of the men who helped to murder Rasputin, the 'Holy Man', whose influence over Empress Alexandra did so much to bring about the fall of the last Tsar. After the Russian revolution and the fall of the dynasty Alexander settled in France, where he published two volumes of memoirs, 'Once a Grand Duke' and 'Always a Grand Duke', as well as a commentary on the state of European monarchy during the 1920s and 1930s, 'Twilight of Royalty'. Essential reading on the period, these three books are now published together in one volume for the first time, with a short introduction by John Van der Kiste.