Memories of the Kaiser's Court

Memories of the Kaiser's Court

Memories of the Kaiser's CourtTOWARDS the middle of August 1902, on a very hot, dusty, suffocating day,...
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Author: Topham, Anne,1864-1927
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Language: English
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Memories of the Kaiser's Court

Memories of the Kaiser's Court

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Memories of the Kaiser's Court

$106.45 $53.20
Author: Topham, Anne,1864-1927
Format: eBook
Language: English

Memories of the Kaiser's Court

TOWARDS the middle of August 1902, on a very hot, dusty, suffocating day, I was travelling, the prey of various apprehensions, to the town of Homburg-vor-der-Hhe, where the Prussian Court was at that time in temporary residence. A stormy night-passage of eight hours on the North Sea, followed by a long train-journey through stifling heat lasting till five oclock in the afternoon, naturally affects any ones spiritual buoyancy, and it was with a distinct feeling of depression that I at last descended from the train on to the platform of Homburg station. I confidently expected that a carriage would be waiting for me, but nothing in the least resembling a royal equipage is to be seen. There is only a row of those shabby, time-worn, open droschkies, harnessed to attenuated, weary-looking horses, which, even since the advent of the taxi into the social conditions of the Fatherland, still maintain a precarious, struggling existence in most German towns.{2} As my luggage is plainly addressed to the Knigliches Schloss, the group of officials who surround me, all talking together in strident tones, are most anxious that I should get there as soon as possible. I manage to convey to them my idea that a carriage will probably be coming for me soon, and after a few minutes interval of waiting one porter obligingly goes outside the station to look up the long street for the missing vehicle; but he returns sadly shaking his head. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 51290
Author: Topham, Anne
Release Date: Feb 24, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

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