{"product_id":"9780750935210-once-a-grand-duchess","title":"Once a Grand Duchess","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eXenia, Sister of Nicolas II\u003cbr\u003eOnce a Grand Duchess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn into the wealth and splendour of the Russian imperial family as the shy fourth child of the Tsarevich, Xenia might well have expected to play only a minor role in the Romanov story.\u003c\/strong\u003e Yet when she was just six years old, the assassination of her grandfather, Alexander II, moved her father and his family into the centre. She became a key witness to the events of the tumultuous years that followed, seeing her brother Nicholas crowned as Emperor; the Revolution; and the 'terrible. horror' as the first rumours of the imperial family's capture and death began to circulate. She endured her own, and her family's, exile to Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreviously unpublished photographs and correspondence are used to reveal the intimate private life of the sister of the last Tsar, making this essential reading for anyone interested in the ill-fated Romanov dynasty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943565275233,"sku":"9780750935210","price":8.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31200785.jpg?v=1730965703","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780750935210-once-a-grand-duchess","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}