📗 Libro en inglés THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF THE PRINCESSES OF HESSE

The fascinating story of the Princesses of Hesse four sisters at the heart of twentieth century politics A gripping family saga and a portrait of a world in turmoil The Princesses of Hesse were Queen Victoria s grandchildren After the death of their mother Queen Victoria s favorite daughter Alice the Queen stepped in taking an almost manic interest in the motherless girl s marriage prospects Very little went according to plan Fortunately Queen Victoria did not live to see her direst fears for the girls spouses being realized She died in January 1901 just before her beloved Hesse granddaughters became caught up in the maelstrom of early 20th century Europe The youngest sister Alix married Tsar Nicholas II of Russia she was assassinated along with the rest of her family in a cellar in Ekaterinburg The second Ella married the Russian Grand Duke Serge After he was assassinated she became a nun only to be assassinated by the Bolsheviks twenty four hours after Alix in 1918 The third Irene married the Kaiser s brother Prince Henry and was entangled in the 1918 German uprisings The eldest sister Princess Victoria married Prince Louis Battenberg and became the mother of Lord Louis Mountbatten and grandmother of Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh Th