The Life and Death of Ella Grand Duchess of Russia: A Romanov

The Life and Death of Ella Grand Duchess of Russia: A Romanov Tragedy

Originally published in hardback as Ella: Princess, Saint and Martyr, the definitive biography of Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna is now released in revised e-book and paperback format as The Life and Death of ELLA Grand Duchess of Russia to commemorate the 150th anniversary of her birth. Described as the â€˜Most beautiful princess in Europeâ€™, and a woman â€˜capable of arousing profane passionâ€™, this is the story of a woman whose life combined privilege and tragedy, love and riches, conviction and courage, humanity and inhumanity. A granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Ella was born Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine. At 20, her marriage to the hardline Grand Duke Serge Alexandrovich, who became the victim of terrorist assassination, like the marriage of her younger sister Alexandra to Tsar Nicholas II, was partly responsible for the fall of the Imperial House of Romanov. In her widowhood and against great opposition, Ella established the first convent community of its kind in Moscow. As the ordained abbess of the Order of Saints Martha and Mary, Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna worked tirelessly with the sick, needy, outcast and untouchable inhabitants of the cityâ€™s slum districts. Brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks at the height of the Russian Revolution, Ella was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as the Holy Imperial Martyr Saint Elisabeth Romanova. This study is based on a wealth of original material, much of it previously unpublished, from the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle, the Hesse State Archives in Darmstadt, the State Archives of the Russian Federation in Moscow, and the Russian State Historical Archives in St Petersburg.

Country	USA
Author	Christopher Warwick
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781909771093
Edition	Second
ISBN	1909771090
Label	Albert Bridge Books
Manufacturer	Albert Bridge Books
MPN	black & white illustrations
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	380
PartNumber	black & white illustrations
PublicationDate	2014-10-11
Publisher	Albert Bridge Books
Studio	Albert Bridge Books
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Life and Death of Ella Grand Duchess of Russia: A Romanov Tragedy

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