From Romanov to Windsor : King Charles III's Romanov blood / Coryne Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Coryne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charles III, King of Great Britain, 1948---Family.

Charles.

Romanov, House of.

Windsor, House of.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Stroud : Amberley Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

Few people realise that King Charles III is a direct descendant of the Romanovs, the dynasty who by 1917 ruled one sixth of the surface of the earth. Their story encompasses great wealth and unlimited power, palace coups and murders, as well as at least one heir allegedly killed by his own father. The direct line then passes through the royal family who ruled Greece from 1863 and whose later members spent their lives in and out of exile. The first Greek monarch, Charles's great-grandfather, was assassinated. Charles's grandfather was tried by a kangaroo court and, members of his family believed, only saved from execution by the swift action of Britain's King George V. This is a remarkable story of Royal intrigue, European scandal and international co-operation. By looking at the Romanov past of King Charles III, Coryne Hall offers a fascinating insight into the history of Britain's monarchy.

Contents:

Family trees

A note on names, dates and titles

List of illustrations

Acknowlegements

Introduction

Game of thrones

The young monk

From Moscow to St Petersburg

The heir from Holstein

Exit Peter III

Enter Catherine II

Catherine II and the expansion of empire

Murder in the castle

'Tomorrow morning I shall be either Emperor or dead'

'I want shipwrights and sailors, not clerks'

'I fell in love with the man, not with the king'

In and out of exile

'I just had to get on with it'

'Prints Waleski's visits to Russia'

'The bastards murdered half my family'

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781398122970

1398122971

OCLC:

1451786251

Publisher Number:

90104531299