{"product_id":"2940016486499","title":"Secrets Of Dethroned Royalty (With illustrations)","description":"Secrets Of Dethroned Royalty by Princess Catherine Radziwill (1858 - 1941).  Also the author of \"The Royal Marriage Market of Europe,\" \"The Disillusions Of A Crown Princess,\" \"Rasputin And The Russian Revolution,\" etc.. (illustrated) Published in New York \u0026amp; London in 1920. (304 pages) (Includes an interactive Table of Contents)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available and have brought it back into print for the preservation of printed works of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I.\u003cbr\u003eRUSSIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter I. The Russian Imperial Family in Olden Times — Chapter II. Relatives of Nicholas II — Chapter III. The Vladimir Family — Chapter IV. The Youthful Adventures of Some Grand Dukes — Chapter V. Some Russian Morganatic Marriages — Chapter VI. The Empress Alexandra and Her Sister — Chapter VII. Love Affairs of the Grand Duke Michael \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II.\u003cbr\u003eAUSTRIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter I. The Love Affairs of Francis Joseph — Chapter II. The Idiosyncrasies of the Hapsburgs — Chapter III. Imperial Morganatic Marriages — Chapter IV. The Crown Princess Stephanie and Her Daughter — Chapter V. The Story of the Archduchess Elizabeth — Chapter VI. The Story of the Princess Zita — Chapter VII. Two Royal Madwomen \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III.\u003cbr\u003eGERMANY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter I. An Old Family Scandal of the Hohenzollerns — Chapter II. The Berlin Court Under William I — Chapter III. A Sister-in-law of the Kaiser — Chapter IV. The Grand Ducal Family of Weimar — Chapter V. The Story of Two Little Mecklenberg Princesses — Chapter VI. The Kaiser's Romance — Chapter VII. The Princess Charlotte of Meiningen and Her Adventures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...The talented American woman writer, Rheta Childe Dorr, in her amusing book on Russia, relates a conversation which took place between her and the intimate friend of the unfortunate Czarina Alexandra, Anna Wyrubowa. The former asked what a Court was like, and the question drew forth the characteristic reply that the only word to describe it was \"rotten.\" The expression was certainly not elegant and the person who uttered it was perhaps the last one who ought to have done so, considering that she, more than anyone else, was responsible for the corruption of the one Court at which she had been received, and which she had ruled, in fact if not in name, for many years. But the expression was, in a certain sense, justified, because there is no doubt that the haunts and abodes of royalty in Europe were the centers of so many intrigues that the only wonder is they existed as long as they did. Royalty, in the three great countries where it is now abolished, certainly did not set any good example to the world. All, or nearly all, the scions of these royal houses, brought up as they were in the conviction that, thanks to their high position, everything was allowable for them, so abused their privileges that when the wave of revolution which overturned the Romanoffs, Hapsburgs and Hohenzollerns swept over Europe, hardly one soul could be found to defend them, or even to take their part and try to shield them from the indignation of the mobs clamoring for their downfall. Most of these princes and princesses had had a story, and in the majority of cases it was not one calculated to do them honor or to raise them in the opinion of their contemporaries. \u003cbr\u003e...Royal love affairs and, if the truth be told, royal financial affairs could fill a volume of greater bulk than I intend to write ; but I think it may amuse the public to read certain little stories connected with Russian, Austrian and German royal personages and Court life, which up to now have been known only to a small and select number of people. They may open the eyes of those who have heard nothing about the conditions under which these exalted personages spent their lives, and do away with the halo which surrounded them — no one knows why. They may also serve to ameliorate the pangs of future American travelers through Europe at missing the opportunity of being presented to the rulers of these different countries. All these kings and queens, emperors and empresses, whose favors were sought with such eagerness, and whose smiles made so many human creatures happy, have had their day — and a very good day it was for them while it lasted. Now the story is at an end and the curtain has fallen on the comedies and tragedies which gave rise to so much gossip and caused so many heartburnings in the select society circles of two continents.","brand":"Digital Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101398253808,"sku":"2940016486499","price":4.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016486499_p0.jpg?v=1763636589","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016486499","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}