Do you know that Olga didn't destroy her correspondence? It seems to be a pretty common occurence back then--sadly for researchers today. Plus, who knows what was lost in the various Greek upheavals, not to mention the Russian Revolution. Plus, Irene destorying her correspondence or not isn't the point I was making--her personality just wasn't one to support an entire book IMO. She was more an observer than participant in many important events. She is rarely mentioned in memoirs, etc...from the time and combing through multiple German magazines of the era, there is a surprising lack of ANYTHING about her. She rarely appeared at court or carried out the number of public occasions one might have expected from the SIL of the Kaiser. True, she and Henry were usually the foreign reps at events but Irene seems to be largely background. Now Olga was a Queen but seems to have much the sweet, retiring personality. What we do know of her relationships with her children and children in law seems pretty tame--unlike her husband's relationships with his sons. I'd actually like a full-length bio on George I.
