Christmas greetings from Grand Duchess Olga to another Olga
December 26, 2021
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Grand Duchess Olga Nikolayevna as a nurse in WWI – postcard from the author’s personal collection
Disappearance, Scandal and Murder – her letter fears the worst
December 19, 2021
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Rasputin, friend to Empress Alexandra of Russia and enemy of so many more, was murdered on 30 December 1916 – (17 December in the old calendar). As a follow up to my post a couple of weeks ago, here is how the Empress expressed her fears in a letter, the
She was a model in Paris, but did she work for Chanel?
December 12, 2021
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I recently attended the Chanel exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria. Despite whatever opinion you might have of Coco Chanel, her designs were both elegant and timeless. And they were beautifully made. But as I walked around the exhibition, I remembered that my great-aunt Ella, my maternal grandmother’s sister
Letters to her husband, thoughts of the Empress, December 1916 – Namesday of Nicholas II
December 5, 2021
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Empress Alexandra, wife of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, wrote frequently to her husband, numbering each of her letters. Several years ago, at a second hand book stall, I found a book of her letters, written between 1914 and 1916. It is called Letters of the Tsaritsa to
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