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Cargando... ALIX & MINNIE: A Royal Trilogy – Book Three: Widowhood, War, Revolution and Exilepor James-Charles Noonan
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Alix becomes queen and changes the face of the British monarchy. Minnie spends a great deal of time outside of Russia dividing her year in England with Alix, in Greece with their brother George who is king there, and in their native Denmark. She does so because of the sour relationship existing between the Dowager Empress and the young tsarina--Tsar Nicholas II's wife Alexandra. War and Revolution soon follow Alix's widowhood. Minnie is stranded in London and cannot easily return to Russia. Rasputin is in control of the young Empress and Minnie no longer has any influence with her son and his government. Revolution brings the end to Imperial Russia, Minnie and those with her flee south to safety but Nicholas and his family, Minnie's son Michael and a host of other Romanovs are assassinated. In time Minnie resettles in Denmark but not before many sad adventures impede her flight to safety. Alix retires to Sandringham but spends a great deal of time with Minnie at their seaside Danish villa, Hvidore which becomes Minnie's last refuge."--Amazon. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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For this specific volume, I have a couple of issues. Firstly, the back cover of the book indicates "This is the second part of a royal trilogy..." Wrong. This is the third part. The designer did a horrible cut and paste job there. Next, the death of Alix and Minnie's father, King Christian IX of Denmark, was covered twice, almost word-for-word, in different sections of the book. I found myself with a puzzled expression on my face, thinking "Didn't I just read that?" Also, when you spell Queen Elizabeth II's name with an "s", it's just sloppy. She doesn't spell it that way, never has, never will.
However, if you want an entertaining read about a fabulous set of sisters. By all means, these books are for you. I appreciate the huge amount of research done, however, a lot of pure gossip is treated as fact. Be careful. ( )