Von Schlesian said:Layla;
if you can , read a book called 'The Exile' by Allan Folsom (there's an Imperial Romanov eagle on the cover). THe plot explores a very similar scenario, and problem for the family which you brought up in your previous post. Well said also!
Marengo said:I can also recommend 'Once a Grand Duchess'. A biography of GD Xenia by Coryne Hall and John van der Kiste. Ad just recently a new book came on the market, published by Arturo Beeche (who is also one of the co-authors) about all russian grandduchesses since Paul I. Marlene Koenig has also written some chapters in this book (she is a frequent poster of royalty message boards, as is mr Beeche).
Mrs Koenig has also posted here. Her "Queen Victoria's Descendants" and the Companion Volume (both published under the name Marlene Eilers) are essential resource books for those with an interest in Royal genealogy.Ritka said:I'm not sure who belongs to this forum but I know Art Beeche and Mrs. Koenig belong to the AP.
Of course, but Xenia never met Anderson and Olga changed her mind which is quite obvious when you read the letters she wrote to Mrs. Anderson's. The funny thing is that the ear tests always come out in Mrs. Anderson's favor.Ama2175 said:I read in one of Van der Kiste's books, Xenia - Once a Grand Duchess or in Princess Victoria Melita that both sisters strongly disagreed that Anna Anderson was Anastasia but that Olga was absolutely convinced it wasn't her because the shape of Anna Anderson's ears was nothing like Anastasia's.
That would do it! Wasn't Xenia awfully healthy and Alix was sickly regarding birthing babies?I also think Alix was jealous of Xenia because Xenia had so many sons.
I am reading a book about the Grand Duchess at the moment. She is a very interesting character. Would anyone like to discuss her?
Viv, not quite helpless, really, Olga just went in a different direction than her sister and was of a very different personality. She also married beneath her and that was a sore spot with relatives for a long time.
I sometimes wonder if Xenia milked it that she was the long suffering wife given GDA's womanizing ways.
I'll have to look up the thing about the income. It's been a while since I read about Xenia and her situation but if memory serves me, and sometimes it doesn't, I think he only gave her a home because May was coveting her jewelry. But then again, I'm not sure. . .At least Goerge V gave her an income and a home after she fled Russia. But I don't think he did this for Olga but do not know the reason why.
I think that's precisely why he was so generous to his Russian relatives who came to London - guilt.