Little mother of Russia : a biography of Empress Marie Feodorovna (1847-1928) / Coryne Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Coryne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marīi︠a︡ Ḟeodorovna, Empress, consort of Alexander III, Emperor of Russia, 1847-1928.

Marīi︠a︡ Ḟeodorovna.

Empresses--Russia--Biography.

Empresses.

Russia.

Russia--History--1801-1917.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 402 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Holmes & Meier, 2001.

Contents:

Part 1 Princess of Denmark (1847-1866) 1

1 Changing Fortunes 3

2 Two Brothers 15

Part 2 Tsarevna (1866-1881) 31

3 Imperial Russia 33

4 Early Married Life 45

5 The Cross and the Crescent 61

6 Reign of Terror 70

Part 3 Empress of Russia (1881-1894) 83

7 The Citadel of Autocracy 85

8 Coronation 97

9 Scandinavian Idyll 107

10 Imperial Panoply 117

11 Peace and Stability 132

12 Faith and Hope 143

13 Death of a Giant 155

Part 4 Dowager Empress (1894-1919) 169

14 The Old Court and the New Court 171

15 The First Cracks 188

16 A Short Victorious War 200

17 East, West, Home is Best 216

18 Rasputin 234

19 Swan-Song 243

20 The Iron Dice 254

21 Revolution 269

22 The Ex-Empress Marie 288

23 Citizeness Marie Feodorovna Romanova 300

24 Imperial Sunset 311

Part 5 Exile (1919-1928) 321

25 The Old Icon 323

26 Little Mother of Russia 340.

Notes:

Includes bibliogrphical references (pages 376-386) and index.

ISBN:

0841914214

OCLC:

123143462