Frances Welch
Imperial Tea Party: Family, politics and betrayal: the ill-fated British and Russian royal alliance
Imperial Tea Party: Family, politics and betrayal: the ill-fated British and Russian royal alliance
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The Imperial Tea Party reveals the uneasy Anglo-Russian entente between the British and Russian royal families during the years leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Despite well-intentioned meetings, misunderstandings and misfortunes plagued these encounters, providing a vivid snapshot of two dynasties at a time of social unrest.
\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 288 pages
\n Publication date: 14 March 2019
\n Publisher: Short Books Ltd
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Russia and Britain have never been natural allies, but the 1894 marriage of Queen Victoria's favorite granddaughter, Alice, to Tsarevich Nicholas marked the beginning of an uneasy Anglo-Russian entente that would last until the Russian Revolution of 1917. The Imperial Tea Party takes us behind the scenes of the three extraordinary meetings that took place between the British and Russian royal families during those years. These pivotal encounters, although well-intentioned and generally hailed as successes, were plagued by misunderstandings and misfortunes. In this wonderfully droll account, Frances Welch presents a vivid snapshot of two dynasties at a time of social unrest. The two families could not know, as they waved each other fond goodbyes from their yachts at Cowes in 1909, that they would never meet again.
Russia and Britain have never been natural allies, but the 1894 marriage of Queen Victoria's favorite granddaughter, Alice, to Tsarevich Nicholas marked the beginning of an uneasy Anglo-Russian entente that would last until the Russian Revolution of 1917.
The Imperial Tea Party takes us behind the scenes of the three extraordinary meetings that took place between the British and Russian royal families during those years. These pivotal encounters, although well-intentioned and generally hailed as successes, were plagued by misunderstandings and misfortunes. In this wonderfully droll account, Frances Welch presents a vivid snapshot of two dynasties at a time of social unrest. The two families could not know, as they waved each other fond goodbyes from their yachts at Cowes in 1909, that they would never meet again.
\n Weight: 268g\n
Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781780723921\n \n
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