The Imperial Tea Party
Family, politics and betrayal – the ill-fated British and Russian royal alliance
$32.36
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
14 March 2019
Summary
The British and Russian royal families had just three full meetings before the Romanovs’ tragic end in 1918. In The Imperial Tea Party, Frances Welch draws back the curtain on those fraught encounters, which had far-reaching consequences for 20th-century Europe and beyond.
Russia and Britain were never natural bedfellows. But the marriage, in 1894, of Queen Victoria’s favourite granddaughter, Alicky, to the Tsarevich Nicholas marked the beginning of an uneasy Anglo-Russian en…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780723921 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178072392X |
| Author: | Frances Welch |
| Publisher: | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Short Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 14 March 2019 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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Critics Review
“With her quick wit and light touch, Welch conducts a relentless inquiry into conscience, family loyalty and the nature of the past… an unsettling portrait of moustaches, murder, and lèse-majesté.’ Frances Wilson, The Spectator”In this funny, touching and ultimately tragic book, Welch brilliantly exposes how the British family courted and then abandoned their royal cousins in the run-up to World War I.” Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday”A fascinating book… Welch is an excellent writer.” The Daily Telegraph”Delightfully witty and entertaining.” The Times Literary Supplement”Excellent history… Intrigue aplenty.” The Times”Deeply affecting.” Daily Mail
About The Author
Frances Welch
Frances Welch is the author of The Imperial Tea Party (2018), Rasputin: A Short Life (2014), The Russian Court at Sea (2011), A Romanov Fantasy (2008) and The Romanovs & Mr Gibbes (2004), all published by Short Books. Frances Welch has written for The Sunday Telegraph, Granta and The Spectator. She lives in Aldeburgh, Suffolk with her husband, Craig Brown.
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