The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse
The curious destinies of Queen Victoria's granddaughters
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Jilly Bond
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Frances Welch
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Named one of The Telegraph's 'Best Biographies of the Year 2024'
Queen Victoria had forty-two grandchildren but the four Princesses of Hesse were held in her particular favour. After the sudden death of her daughter Alice, Queen Victoria took an obsessive interest in the marriage prospects of the four girls their mother had left behind, hoping this might secure for them a happy future. And each of the young women did indeed marry into a European dynasty: the Romanovs and the Hohenzollerns of Germany. However no one could have foreseen how the maelstrom of the twentieth century would bring tragedy and heartache to each one of them in turn.
Drawing on hundreds of previously unseen letters from the sisters as well as from their grandmother Queen Victoria, The Princesses of Hesse takes us on a sweeping journey across the tumultuous landscape of the turn of the century - from the dramas of the Russian Court to the Russian Revolution, and through both World Wars in which the sisters often found themselves on opposing sides.
Both intimate and epic in scope, Frances Welch's biography sheds new light on the four sisters' lives, illuminating a remarkable period of history in the process.
'full of passions, royal peculiarities and misspelt letters...compellingly told' Christopher Howse, The Daily Telegraph
'Welch does a wonderful job of marshalling the different strands of this story, drawing on the sisters' chatty, gossipy correspondence, some of which has never been published. It grips you until the very last page' The Mail on Sunday
'Frances Welch's elegant and intimate group biography returns us to the start of the 20th century, when Queen Victoria's favourite grand-daughters were scattered between Germany, England and Russia' Frances Wilson, The Daily Telegraph
'eye-opening' and 'harrowing' The Daily Mail
'Welch brings the four princesses vividly to life' and 'will delight those who enjoy reading about the lives of royals' The Times
'brings them vividly to life...a tonic...a gripping read' Hugo Vickers, The Oldie
'Frances Welch has a gift for bringing royal figures to life, making us care about them and showing us how their stories interweave...this is both a deeply affecting story of four sisters and an informative bit of history' Ysenda Maxtone Graham, The Spectator
'splendid', 'a fascinating family portrait', 'Welch creates a tenderly intimate portrait of the last, doomed Tsarina and her three German-born sisters' Miranda Seymour, Literary Review©2024 Frances Welch (P)2024 Octopus Publishing Group
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They were granddaughters of Queen Victoria and two of the most beautiful princesses in Europe. Princesses Alix and Ella were destined to wed well and wisely. But while their grandmother wants to join them to the English and German royal families, the sisters fall in love with Russia—and the Romanovs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating and delightful
- De Anonymous en 03-16-24
De: Clare McHugh
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The House of Beaufort
- The Bastard Line That Captured the Crown
- De: Nathen Amin
- Narrado por: Graham Mack
- Duración: 16 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 46
The Wars of the Roses were a tumultuous period in English history, with family fighting family over the greatest prize in the kingdom—the throne of England. But what gave the eventual victor of these brutal and complex wars, Henry Tudor, the right to claim the crown? What made his Beaufort mother the great heiress of medieval England, and how exactly did an illegitimate line come to challenge the English monarchy? This book uncovers the rise of the Beauforts and tracks their fall during the 1460s and 1470s.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Too many "ashumptions" for me...
- De Vicki Patterson en 12-11-23
De: Nathen Amin
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The Rebel Empresses
- Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France, Power and Glamour in the Struggle for Europe
- De: Nancy Goldstone
- Narrado por: Tamsin Kennard
- Duración: 19 h y 34 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 12
When they married Emperors Franz Joseph and Napoleon III, respectively, Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France became two of the most famous women on the planet. Not only were they both young and beautiful—becoming cultural and fashion icons of their time—but they played a pivotal role in ruling their realms during a tempestuous era characterized by unprecedented political and technological change. Fearless, adventurous, and independent, Elisabeth and Eugénie represented a new kind of empress—one who rebelled against tradition and anticipated and embraced modern values.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book!
- De Kayleigh en 03-04-25
De: Nancy Goldstone
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The Last Days of the Romanovs
- Tragedy at Ekaterinburg
- De: Helen Rappaport
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 133
Helen Rappaport, an expert in the field of Russian history, brings you the riveting day-by-day account of the last 14 days of the Russian Imperial family, in this first of two books about the Romanovs. The brutal murder of the Russian Imperial family on the night of July 16 to 17, 1918, has long been a defining moment in world history. The Last Days of the Romanovs reveals in exceptional detail how the conspiracy to kill them unfolded.
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5 out of 5 stars
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GREAT
- De courtney en 08-31-17
De: Helen Rappaport
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Once a Grand Duchess
- Xenia, Sister of Nicolas II
- De: John Van der Kiste, Coryne Hall
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 10 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12
This biography of Xenia, sister of Nicholas II gives a new angle on the Romanov story and provides new information on relationships within the family after the Revolution.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It’s a hard listen
- De Lisa M. Schirmeister en 07-26-24
De: John Van der Kiste, y otros
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The Thistle and the Rose
- De: Linda Porter
- Narrado por: Alix Dunmore
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Margaret Tudor, the elder sister of her more famous brother Henry VIII, is the single most important Tudor figure of this era that historians have consistently overlooked. Married at thirteen to the charismatic James IV of Scotland, a man more than twice her age, she would learn the skills of statecraft that would enable her to survive his early death, and to construct a powerful position in her adopted country of Scotland as she dealt with domestic issues as well as navigating international relations with England and France.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Margaret Tudor / Queen of Scots
- De mariac25 en 09-24-24
De: Linda Porter
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Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life
- De: Lucy Worsley
- Narrado por: Lucy Paterson
- Duración: 13 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 264
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 231
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 231
Perhaps one of the best known of the English monarchs, Queen Victoria forever shaped a chapter of English history, bequeathing her name to the Victorian age. In Queen Victoria, Lucy Worsley introduces this iconic woman in a new light. Going beyond an exploration of the queen merely as a monarch, Worsley considers Victoria as a woman leading a truly extraordinary life in a unique time period.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gloriana!
- De Karen en 01-21-19
De: Lucy Worsley
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Queen Victoria's Children
- De: John Van der Kiste
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Queen Victoria and Albert, the Prince Consort, had nine children, who, despite their very different characters, remained a close-knit family. Inevitably, as they married into European royal families, their loyalties were divided and their lives dominated by political controversy. This is not only the story of their lives in terms of world impact but also of personal achievements in their own right, individual contributions to public life in Britain and overseas, and as the children of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Was the narrator just too bored?
- De James Bruce en 03-16-18
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In the Shadow of the Empress
- The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters
- De: Nancy Goldstone
- Narrado por: Emma Newman
- Duración: 23 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 166
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 141
The vibrant, sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresa - one of the most renowned women rulers in history - and three of her extraordinary daughters, including Marie Antoinette, the doomed queen of France.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Awful narration!
- De Suanne Laqueur en 09-27-21
De: Nancy Goldstone
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Daughters of the Winter Queen
- Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots
- De: Nancy Goldstone
- Narrado por: Laura Kirman
- Duración: 13 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 344
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 297
Young Elizabeth Stuart was thrust into a life of wealth and splendor when her godmother, Queen Elizabeth I, died and her father, James I, ascended to the illustrious throne of England. At 16 she was married to a dashing German count far below her rank, with the understanding that James would help her husband achieve the crown of Bohemia. Her father's terrible betrayal of this promise would ruin "the Winter Queen", as Elizabeth would forever be known, imperil the lives of those she loved, and launch a war that would last for 30 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Misnamed but Wonderful
- De Anonymous User en 05-16-18
De: Nancy Goldstone
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The Last Tsar
- The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs
- De: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
- Narrado por: Gareth Armstrong
- Duración: 13 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 11
When Tsar Nicholas II fell from power in 1917, Imperial Russia faced a series of overlapping crises, from war to social unrest. Though Nicholas’s life is often described as tragic, it was not fate that doomed the Romanovs—it was poor leadership and a blinkered faith in autocracy. Based on a trove of new archival discoveries, The Last Tsar narrates how Nicholas’s resistance to reform doomed the monarchy.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Confusion
- De Michael L. Cook en 01-24-25
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The Sphinx
- The Life of Gladys Deacon - Duchess of Marlborough
- De: Hugo Vickers
- Narrado por: Hugo Vickers
- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 22
One of the most beautiful and brilliant women of her time, Gladys Deacon dazzled as much as she puzzled the glittering social circles in which she moved. Born in Paris to American parents in 1881, she suffered a traumatic childhood after her father shot her mother's lover dead. Educated in America, she returned to Europe, where she captivated and inspired some of the greatest literary and artistic names of the Belle Époque.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lovely and compelling.
- De Gudrun D Whitehead en 03-25-20
De: Hugo Vickers
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Four Queens
- The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe
- De: Nancy Goldstone
- Narrado por: Josephine Bailey
- Duración: 11 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 268
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 150
Set against the backdrop of the turbulent 13th century, a time of chivalry and crusades, poetry, knights, and monarchs, comes the story of the four beautiful daughters of the count of Provence, whose brilliant marriages made them the queens of France, England, Germany, and Sicily.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, informative
- De Eunice en 12-06-07
De: Nancy Goldstone
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Heiresses
- The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies
- De: Laura Thompson
- Narrado por: Laura Thompson
- Duración: 13 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 68
Heiresses: Surely they are among the luckiest women on earth. Are they not to be envied, with their private jets and Chanel wardrobes and endless funds? Yet all too often those gilded lives have been beset with trauma and despair. Before the 20th century a wife’s inheritance was the property of her husband, making her vulnerable to kidnap, forced marriages, even confinement in an asylum. And in modern times, heiresses fell victim to fortune-hunters who squandered their millions.
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1 out of 5 stars
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tough listen and tough to keep track
- De Amazon Customer en 03-29-23
De: Laura Thompson
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Queen Victoria's Matchmaking
- The Royal Marriages That Shaped Europe
- De: Deborah Cadbury
- Narrado por: Charlotte Strevens
- Duración: 13 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 168
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 147
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 148
A captivating exploration of the role in which Queen Victoria exerted the most international power and influence: as a matchmaking grandmother. Queen Victoria's Matchmaking travels through the glittering, decadent palaces of Europe from London to Saint Petersburg, weaving in scandals, political machinations, and family tensions. It is at once an intimate portrait of a royal family and an examination of the conflict caused by the marriages the Queen arranged. At the heart of it all is Victoria herself: doting grandmother one moment, determined Queen Empress the next.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully written and narrated
- De LitLadyK en 01-08-19
De: Deborah Cadbury
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Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter
- A Biography of Princess Louise
- De: Lucinda Hawksley
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 16 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 151
The secrets of Queen Victoria's sixth child, Princess Louise, may be destined to remain hidden forever. What was so dangerous about this artistic, tempestuous royal that her life has been documented more by rumor and gossip than hard facts? When Lucinda Hawksley started to investigate, often thwarted by inexplicable secrecy, she discovered a fascinating woman, modern before her time, whose story has been shielded for years from public view.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Incredibly Frustrating
- De JayOne en 01-16-20
De: Lucinda Hawksley
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The Lady in the Tower
- The Fall of Anne Boleyn
- De: Alison Weir
- Narrado por: Judith Boyd
- Duración: 16 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 17
The imprisonment and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, in 1536 was unprecedented in English history and never before has there been a book devoted entirely to her fall. But here Alison Weir has reassessed the evidence and created a richly researched and detailed portrait of the last days of one of the most influential and important figures in English history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book, bad narration.
- De Nancy V en 01-03-25
De: Alison Weir
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- Franchella
- 03-07-25
Fascinating
A fabulous insight into four sisters and their roles in the major events of the early c20th.
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