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"Dearest Missy" by Diana Mandache, Diana Mandache, Duchess of Coburg, Duchess of Edinburgh, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Marie Alexandrovna, Princess Marie of Edinburgh
The Letters of Marie Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, Duchess of Edinburgh and her daughter, Princess Marie of Edinburgh, Crown Princess of Romania (1879-1900); hardback, 472 pp., 40 photos , RRB, October 2011.
Marie Alexandrovna’s life and character has been imprinted by her upbringing at the Russian imperial court, as the daughter of Tsar Alexander II, in a grandiose and yet level-headed milieu that in a great measure personified her father’s way of life and vision of the world. Her personality was thus a distinctive mix of dominant behaviour and imperial outlook, tempered by an astute, realistic perception of the world. Diana Mandache
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London: Hatchards – 187 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LE.
Majesty Magazine (online): http://www.majestymagazine.com.
Hague: Van Hoogstraten (online): http://www.hoogstraten.nl
Paris: Galignani, 224 rue de Rivoli, 1er.
From Rosvall Royal Books:
Today we publish a new book in our series on the Royal Families of Europe. This one is called DEAREST MISSY and consists of the correspondence between Marie Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia and Duchess of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and her daughter, Marie, Crown Princess of Romania 1879-1900. A truly fascinating collection of old letters, transcribed and edited by Romanian historian Dr. Diana Mandache. Many rare and never before published illustrations.
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I bought your book from Hatchards – 187 Piccadilly, London today and was reading it whilst travelling back home. I’ve only reached page 39 but what a fascinating read and much liked the interspersed introduction into each batch of letters.
Thank you very much for nice words, they are very encouraging for me. I do much hope that Ted, the publisher, would plan the second volume which contains equally fascinating letters from 1901-1920.
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Ich habe auch in diesem schönen Buch gelesen. Es ist spannend, interessant und informativ. Ich vermisse die Fotos der ganzen royalen, königlichen Familie.
Herzlichst,
Dietmar Melzer
-Deutschland/Germany-
I am nearly finished reading “Dearest Missy.” It is fascinating! Thank you for putting this wonderful collection of letters together. It gives so much insight to these interesting royal personalities. Although I can’t help but wonder what they would think if they knew their most personal private thoughts were in print for the world to see!
Thank you for a very interesting book. I am working on a biography of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna and wonder whether you are going to publish more letters as Maria died in 1920 in Zurich. I suspect there was no correspondence between mother and daughter during the war ???
Congratulation for your good work. I liked it very much.
Helene Kolosovich
California
Diana excelent job with “Dearest Missy” I wonder when the second volume is due? Is there mentioned grand duchess Elizabeth of Russia ? Good luck with your futher works, and Thank you.
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I am trying to contact Diana Mandache, as I would like to use quotes from her book “Dearest Missy” in my forthcoming book about the Romanovs and Britain. I should be grateful if you could let me know how best to get in touch with her. Many thanks, Stephan Roman
My email is dianamandache@gmail.com
This is a great book, very useful and entertaning. May I ask if there is news about the second volume and when will it be published?