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Loading... The Pilgrim Princess: A Life of Princess Volkonsky (edition 1999)by Maria Fairweather
Work InformationPilgrim Princess : The Life of Princess Zinaida Volkonsky by Maria Fairweather
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This was a very readable biography of a highly interesting lady. Princess Zinaida Volkonsky was born into the highest echelons of the Russian aristocracy. She became a lady-in-waiting to the Empress Maria Feodorovna (the first one, not the mother of Nicholas II) and later became the mistress of Tsar Alexander I. Artistic and cultured, she served as the prototype for Helena Kuragin, in Tolstoy's War In Peace. This book has it all: war, peace, love, and hate. It's all set against the backdrop of Napoleon's siege of Russia and the subsequent events that it led to. Zinaida eventually found herself in Italy where an invitation to her salon was highly prized and sought after. Very good reading. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Princess Zinaida Alexandrovna Volkonsky was born in 1789. A beautiful, talented woman of noble background, she became a maid of honour at court, where she met the most important man in her life, Tsar Alexander I.' No library descriptions found.
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)947.07092History and Geography Europe Russia and eastern Europe [and formerly Finland] Russian & Slavic History by Period Paul I - Nicholas I 1796-1855LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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