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09-28-2006, 01:50 AM
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I live in the States too, it is very easy to get Frederica's book. You can use www.addall.com/used.[/quote]
Thanks Benjamin! I will have to check out the link!
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10-24-2007, 07:43 AM
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Princess Irene is the sister of Queen Sofía of Spain and King Constantine of Greece.
http://www.evacelada.com/images/irene-portada.jpg
Title: Irene de Grecia, la princesa Rebelde
Author: Eva Celada
Editor: PLAZA & JANÉS / Spain
ISBN: 978-84-01-30545-0
Price: 19,5 €
Facts about the author:
http://www.evacelada.com/
The Royal Greek dynasty
Author: Greece, Prince Michael of
van Hoogstraten Online Shop
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Título: “No Ordinary Crown”
Autor: Stelio Hourmouzios
Es una biografía sobre el Rey Paul (Pavlos), padre de la Reina Sofía.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & N
24 Feb 1972
"La familia de la reina Sofía"
Author: Ricardo Mateos Sainz de Medrano
Publisher: La Esfera, Spain
This book is about the greek royal family of the past.
"Memorias"
Author: reina Federica de Grecia
Publisher: La Esfera, Spain
This book is the official biography of Queen Frederika (“Federica” in spanish) of Greece. She wrote it.
Kings of the Hellenes: The Greek Kings 1863-1974
by JOHN VAN DER KISTE
Publisher: Sutton Publishing;
New Ed edition (June 25, 1994)
English
ISBN: 978-0750921473
I recommend this book:
“The Last Kaiser: The Life of Wilhelm II”
by Giles MacDonogh
Amazon.com
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05-17-2009, 02:33 PM
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Do you if "The Hellenic Dynasty" and "The Royal House of Greece" (both written by Prince Michael of Greece) are the same books?
And do you know if there is any biography about Queen Anne Marie?
Regards and thanks!!
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05-17-2009, 11:22 PM
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Do you if "The Hellenic Dynasty" and "The Royal House of Greece" (both written by Prince Michael of Greece) are the same books?
And do you know if there is any biography about Queen Anne Marie?
Regards and thanks!!
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Click on this link to take you to the biography of HM Queen Anne Marie > The Danish Monarchy - The Royal House
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06-26-2009, 08:04 PM
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I was referring to a book  This biography is too short for me :(
Do you know any book about King Constantine?
Regards!
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06-29-2009, 07:22 PM
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Princess Marina + Princess Olga
Does anybody know of a book or article which covers the time these two sisters spent in Paris before marrying the Duke of Kent and Prince Paul of Yugoslavia? Many thanks.
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01-25-2011, 05:17 AM
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11-21-2015, 05:17 PM
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3-part-Biography about King Constantine II
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02-05-2016, 06:40 PM
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Apparently it may be translated into English. That awful snob Taki (friend of the king) wrote about it in the 'Spectator':
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The memories remain. The only good thing about austerity is that no old buildings have been knocked down. Things have just got grubbier. During the concerts I sat with the Greek royal family, including King Constantine’s sister, Queen Sofia of Spain. The King has written his memoirs, or how things really were, finally telling his side of the story. Excerpts from the book tripled the circulation of the newspapers that carried them. The book is being translated into English and here is my proposal: King Constantine has agreed that I find him an English and American publisher. No one has a more interesting story to tell. King at 24 and married to the most beautiful princess in Europe, a coup-maker against the colonels on 13 December 1967, exiled after its failure, yet denied by opportunistic and lying politician his role as the first man to stand up to the military. And what a life he’s had despite that major setback. As a young crown prince he stayed with Eisenhower and de Gaulle, saw the Kennedys and LBJ up close, and knew every mover and shaker of his day, as they say. In the Rome Olympics in 1960 he won an Olympic gold medal in sailing.
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Posted less than 20% of the article due to copyright regulations. Read the entire article here.
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06-20-2016, 11:44 PM
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http://http://trondni.blogspot.co.nz...itish.html?m=1
A warning to anyone planning on reading or buying Panagiotis Dimitrakis' "Greece and the English: British Diplomacy and the Kings of Greece" IB Taurus 2009....
Do not waste your time or money on this book unless you really need to!
The above book is worse than what Trond says in his review. The research is actually really poor - very little research in Greece and nothing really new in terms of UK source material, with many important secondary sources missing from the bibliography, and no interviews.
Greece and the English also has little in the way of new thinking. It's just a rehash of the old arguments about the monarchy from the 1960s with very little attempt at analysis or gaining a deeper understanding of the subject matter. Dimitrakis really does not understand royalty and is actually really patronising and nasty in tone. I don't mind critical work, in fact I welcome it, as long as it's done well and takes its subject matter seriously and understand their worldview, than such an approach is laudable. Dimitrakis for some reason, hasn't been capable of this and the end result was highly disappointing.
There are also a number of typos and other errors - English is not the authors first language and it shows. For something from a publishing house like IB Taurus, I would expect much better, with much stronger editorial supervision.
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07-02-2016, 12:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WreathOfLaurels
http://http://trondni.blogspot.co.nz...itish.html?m=1
A warning to anyone planning on reading or buying Panagiotis Dimitrakis' "Greece and the English: British Diplomacy and the Kings of Greece" IB Taurus 2009....
Do not waste your time or money on this book unless you really need to!
The above book is worse than what Trond says in his review. The research is actually really poor - very little research in Greece and nothing really new in terms of UK source material, with many important secondary sources missing from the bibliography, and no interviews.
Greece and the English also has little in the way of new thinking. It's just a rehash of the old arguments about the monarchy from the 1960s with very little attempt at analysis or gaining a deeper understanding of the subject matter. Dimitrakis really does not understand royalty and is actually really patronising and nasty in tone. I don't mind critical work, in fact I welcome it, as long as it's done well and takes its subject matter seriously and understand their worldview, than such an approach is laudable. Dimitrakis for some reason, hasn't been capable of this and the end result was highly disappointing.
There are also a number of typos and other errors - English is not the authors first language and it shows. For something from a publishing house like IB Taurus, I would expect much better, with much stronger editorial supervision.
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What a terrible shame. I'm sure there are many nuggets of pure gold left to discover about this relationship, from the 19th century and the manoeuvres to place the future King George I on the Greek throne onwards. Not to mention the machinations during World Wars I and II.
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07-02-2016, 03:17 AM
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I'm glad I only got the google play version which was $10 NZ - a physical copy would be over $100 and I'm too cheep for interlibrary loans. I would give a cautious recommendation to Stan Draenos bio of Andreas Papandreou - good on context and research if used carefully - it's an official bio written with the supervision of the family and is vol 1 in a projected multi volume bio (also it's I B Taurus again)
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07-05-2016, 08:12 AM
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09-18-2016, 01:51 AM
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Wow, fascinating snippets. I love it! So, has Constantine found an English language publisher, or are these translations and illustrations of what has already been published in Greece?
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09-18-2016, 02:25 AM
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Wow, fascinating snippets. I love it! So, has Constantine found an English language publisher, or are these translations and illustrations of what has already been published in Greece?
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Im not sure. Stef told me back on the "KC and the Colonels" thread that a publisher has been found and an english edition may be coming out in November (most likely mid 2017 for this part of the world). Im not sure if this is the case or not; Stef is pretty reliable about these things but anything could happen.
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09-18-2016, 02:38 AM
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Thanks Laurels, hopefully the info is correct. If I can afford it I will buy it! A pre Xmas gift for me perhaps!
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09-18-2016, 08:22 AM
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01-21-2018, 08:35 AM
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"Monarchy in Modern Greece"by Mr.Costas Stamatopoulos
First printed in Greek and French and now,finally,in english.
This gem of a book tells,for the first time in english,the story of the Greek Monarchy.
The author is the charming and knowledgeable Mr. Costas Stamatopoulos.
Wellwrought and researched and sooo worth the read!!
Order at dearest van Hoogstraten,The Hague only.
Efgaristo poli!
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