Queen Marie of Romania (1875–1938)
Autor de The story of my life
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Obras de Queen Marie of Romania
The Magic Doll of Roumania: A Wonder Story In Which East and West Do Meet, Written for American Children (1929) 3 copias
A Christmas tale 2 copias
Queen of Roumania's Fairy book 2 copias
My Country 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Romania, Queen Marie of
- Lugar de sepultura
- Kloster Curtea de Argeş, Rumänien
- Género
- female
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Eastwell Park, Kent, Großbritannien
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Schloss Peleş, Sinaia, Rumänien
- Relaciones
- Queen Victoria (grandmother)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh & Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (father)
Marie, Grand Duchess of Russia, Duchess of Edinburgh & Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (mother)
Edward VII, King of Great Britain (uncle)
Victoria, Empress Frederick of Germany (aunt)
Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (first cousin) (mostrar todos 12)
George V, King of Great Britain (first cousin)
Sophie, Queen of the Hellenes (first cousin)
Ena, Queen of Spain (first cousin)
Ernst, Grand Duke of Hesse (brother-in-law, first cousin)
Kaiser Wilhelm II (first cousin)
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (aunt) - Organizaciones
- Haus Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha
Haus Hohenzollern (Sigmaringen ∙ Rumänien)
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 18
- Miembros
- 71
- Popularidad
- #245,552
- Valoración
- 3.4
- Reseñas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 8
- Idiomas
- 1
- Favorito
- 2
Imagine my surprise then, when finding not a biography, but an artist's journal. Queen Marie writes poetically about a country that she has to learn to love as a stranger. Her appreciation for its beauty is impressive and her love for the landscape touches one deeply. As someone wo traveled through Romania at the moment it was so interesting to see these thoughts written out and recognize the landscapes through her writing.
In the first part "My country" the Queen never names a place, letting the reader slowly drift through Romania. It is fascinating to hear her thoughts on beauty and architecture and all the Old buildings and chapels that so closely mirror my own and are yet a century past me.
Yet, she is a Queen and a Princess and it is noticeable in her aloofness over the "peasants" and her thoughts on their "dullness" and "ignorance" and "barbarity". Her duality is interesting, because she admires those people and yet looks down at them. Particularly her chapter on the Roma peoples shows this ignorance for people, where she compares them to animals without hesitation.… (más)