“History may have condemned him many times over for being a weak and reactionary tsar, but he was, without doubt, the most exemplary of royal fathers.”
― The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
― The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
“Having benefited from happy days, should I not share with them the bad days?”
― The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
― The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
“I now have to choose between son and husband. But I have made my decision and I have to be strong. I must leave my boy and share my life – or my death – with my husband.17”
― The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
― The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
“had royal brides ever had freedom of choice?”
― The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
― The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
“Many years later he insisted, ‘They knew it was the end when I was with them’; that evening, though the words remained resolutely unspoken, everyone had a clear sense of what might lie ahead.”
― The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
― The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
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