Royal Romances of Today

Royal Romances of To-day

Your task is difficult, remarked a friend to whom I had just explained that I was writing the lives of the Empress of Russia, the Queen of Spain, and the Queen of Italy. Your task is difficult, because these are three good Queens, and good Queens, like all good women, have no history. Now that I have told the stories of these three good Queens, I wonder if my friend will not grant that they have been worth the telling? In the year 1907, the Womans Home Companion commissioned me to go to Russia to write the story of the early days, courtship and marriage of her whom the world knows to-day as the Tsaritsa. The following year, the same periodical sent me to Italy to write a similar account of the life of Queen Elena; and in 1910 I was once more sent abroad, this time to Spain, to learn all about Queen Victoria Eugenie. The chapters printed in the magazine articles constitute only a part of the material which I gathered on these three trips, and consequently the stories herewith presented are to my best knowledge and belief the most complete records of these three Queens, which have yet been gathered and published. It was necessary for me to rely almost entirely upon members of the several Courts of St. Petersburg, Madrid and Rome for my biographical data. In each capital I spent many months, cultivating the acquaintance of all who were in a position to give me this material, especially members of the entourages of these several sovereigns. Accuracy was always my prime aim and the greatest care has been taken to corroborate impressions and to check up each parti{x}cle of information which has been utilised. I have every confidence that the details herewith presented may be relied upon by future biographers and historians. Readableness has in no instance led me to sacrifice, or in any way to exaggerate or alter literal facts. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 60770
Author: Durland, Kellogg
Release Date: Nov 23, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English