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Books about the Romanovs and Imperial Russia / Before The Storm by Baron C.Wrangell-Rokassowsky

« on: June 09, 2015, 01:24:59 AM »

I came across this book  in an article in Atlantis Magazine
Who is this Baron? Didn't find any info on him on Google .
Thank you

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Books about the Romanovs and Imperial Russia / Fersman catalogue of the imperial jewels

« on: May 02, 2010, 11:45:24 PM »

I love to learn more about this catalogue.
Is it available?How many are there?
I read about it in Prince Michael of Greece book:Jewels of the Tsars.
Thanks

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Books about the Romanovs and Imperial Russia / The Romance Of The Romanoffs by Joseph McCabe

« on: April 30, 2010, 02:22:52 AM »

Hello
What is this book about?(I am guessing about "Romanoffs and romance")?
Thank you

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Books about the Romanovs and Imperial Russia / Once I Had a Home by Nadejda

« on: February 02, 2010, 01:37:00 AM »

Who was this person who wrote the book?It says that she was lady in waiting to the Empress.
I have search but not much is writ en about here .Her book talks about her family life in Yalta before departing for exile .Her name maybe was Marchioness Falise Maureen de Verdières ?

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Books about the Romanovs and Imperial Russia / What happend to the Empress by Robert Ingham

« on: December 29, 2009, 01:37:28 AM »

Just came across this book
It talks about Dowager Empresess stay in Malta on her way to England after the revolution

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Books about the Romanovs and Imperial Russia / What do you think of these books?please help

« on: March 26, 2009, 01:32:25 AM »

hi everybody
the other day i was in a used books store and went little crazy and got all these books and wanted to see what some of you think of them
1.THE LETTERS OF THE TSAR TO THE TSARITSA 1914-1917(PUBLISHED 1929)
2.THE LETTERS OF THE TSARITSA TO THE TSAR 1914-1916(INTRODUCTION BY sir Bernard Pares publ.1923)
   are these the same 2 books?
3.LETTERS OF TSAR NICHOLAS AND EMPRESS MARIE (EDITED BY Edward J.Bing publ.1937)
4.MOTHER DEAR:THE EMPRESS MARIE OF RUSSIA AND HER TIMES by V.Poliakoff(publ.1926)
5.AMBASSADOR'S DAUGHTER by Meriel Buchanan(publ.1958)
6.MEMORIES OF RUSSIA 1916-1919 by Princess Paley(publ.1924)
7.THE WILLY-NICKY CORRESPONDENCE by Herman bernstein foreword by Theodore Roosvelt(publ.1918)
8.NICHOLAS II THE LAST OF THE TSARS by Princess Catherine Radziwill (publ.1931)
9.ONE YEAR AT THE RUSSIAN COURT:1904-1905 byRenee Elton Maud(publ.MCMXVIII)
10.LETTERS FROM THE KAISER TO THE CZAR by Isaac Don Levine(publ1920)-is this the same as book # 7?
11.THE LIFE AND TRAGEDY OF ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA EMPRESS OF RUSSIA by baroness S.Buxhoeveden (publ.1928)
12.BEFORE THE STORM by (same as above)publ.1938
13.THE TSAR AND HIS PEOPLE by Major -General A.Elchaninov
14.MY MISSION TO RUSSIA by George Buchanan (2 volumes in one )publ 1970
15.RUSSIAN MEMORIES by madame Olga Novikoff(publ1916?)

I got lots of others but i think i went little crazy($$$)and i love to keep these books  but i think i have to go and return some of them
I want to read them all but i have only 2 days to return them ..lol
I still might keep them ...just wanted to see if anybody read these boods and can tell me what they think
thank you!!

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Mediatized Noble Families / Slovakia and castles,manor houses,estates.Restitutions to the former owners

« on: November 14, 2008, 01:29:06 AM »

Hi
I would like to start this new topic about Slovakia..noble families who lived here,if and what properties they got back ..if they didn't why?
There are few mentioned on this web site ...Rusovce(where Crown Princess Stephanie and Count Lona lived),Sv.Anton..Krasna Horka..
I would love to see also pictures, and learn more about the history of the families and their places
Thank you
I hope the headline sumarise it if somebody can suggest something better ,great:)