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Tatiana: Full Circle in a Shifting Europe by Metternich, Tatiana PBK
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller Notes
- “Solid copy, some underlining in pen, and foxing on page edges.”
- Artist
- Metternich, Tatiana
- Date of Publication
- 2004-09-24
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Release Title
- Tatiana: Full Circle in a Shifting Europe
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Colour
- N/A
- Brand
- N/A
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Type
- Paperback / softback
- EAN
- 9781904027287
- ISBN
- 1904027288
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United Kingdom
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Elliott & Thompson, The Limited
ISBN-10
1904027288
ISBN-13
9781904027287
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84773917
Product Key Features
Topic
Cultural Heritage
Book Title
Tatiana : Full Circle in a Shifting Europe
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.7 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2005-412725
Dewey Edition
0
Dewey Decimal
947.084/2/0924
Synopsis
Born Princess Tatiana Wassiltchikoff, her first memories are of herself as a small child in St Petersburg in the closing years of Tsarist Russia, a world of English nannies, of comfort, space and beauty, about to be shattered by war and revolution. She and her family escaped aboard the Princess Ena, sent by King George V to rescue his aunt, to ......, Tatiana Metternich, nee Wassiltchikoff, suffered more reverses of fortunte than most in the turbulent first half of the 20th century. Born a Russian aristocrat, she and her family fled the 1917 Revolution, leaving behind their Faberge eggs and fabulous wealth and embarked on a life of emigre shabby gentility in Paris and London. They met misfortune with as insouciant a shrug as they could raise. Luckily, Tatiana's connections meant that she, her parents and her sister Missie still got to stay in Schlosses.", Born Princess Tatiana Wassiltchikoff, her first memories are of herself as a small child in St Petersburg in the closing years of Tsarist Russia, a world of English nannies, of comfort, space and beauty, about to be shattered by war and revolution. She and her family escaped aboard the Princess Ena, sent by King George V to rescue his aunt, to begin a new nomadic and often destitute life of emigration, travelling across Europe, to her father's estates in Lithuania. 1939 found her witnessing the horrors of Germany's invasion of Poland, before settling in Berlin, attached to the German Foreign Office, where she would meet and fall in love with her husband, Prince Paul Metternich. Her account of life within the Reich is graphic in its description of the horror and deprivation endured by the civilian population, and sharply critical of the Nazi regime. With her husband sent to the Russian front, her description of the nightmare years of the war are vividly conveyed, as are the dangerous months surrounding the Hitler assassination plot of July 1944 - the Princess and her husband were friends of many of the leading conspirators and only narrowly escaped themselves from being implicated. Tatiana is also the story of two houses: Konigswart and Johannisberg - both Metternich family homes. One of the most moving parts of this epic testament is of her appalling journey by horse-drawn cart from the doomed Konigswart palace, in what was then Czechoslovakia, ahead of advancing Russian troops, across a dangerous and lawless Germany to Johannisberg, which she would find bombed out of existence. Her struggle to rebuild Johannisberg; her extensive travels working across Europe as a senior Red Cross official; her husband's involvement (and her's) with international motor racing, when Prince Paul becomes head of the FIA; her reconciliation with the new Russia and the emerging democracies in Eastern Europe, all bring this extraordinary memoir bang up to date. Now in her ninth decade, Princess Tatiana leads as active and engrossing a life as ever, firmly aware that privilege also means responsibility to bear witness. First published in 1976, this new edition incorporates the many changes which Princess Metternich incorporated into her revised autobiography, recently published in Germany and Russia.
LC Classification Number
CT1495.M47A36 2004
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- m***m (11)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseQuality is good, condition is as described and well worth the price. Looks great as well, previously belonging to a library adds to the charm for me since this is for a personal collection. If given the opportunity I would love to buy from this seller again, arrived very quickly as well. All pages are in great condition and spine is well intact with no separation. Color has not degraded and any tape used didn't leave any residue on the hardcover. Appreciate the great service provided by seller!!
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Seller feedback (1,308)
- m***m (11)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseQuality is good, condition is as described and well worth the price. Looks great as well, previously belonging to a library adds to the charm for me since this is for a personal collection. If given the opportunity I would love to buy from this seller again, arrived very quickly as well. All pages are in great condition and spine is well intact with no separation. Color has not degraded and any tape used didn't leave any residue on the hardcover. Appreciate the great service provided by seller!!
- 7***2 (891)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseLovely book about my ancestral homeland from a descendant of le grand derangement. Careful packing. Prompt shipping. Thank you.
- e***c (2523)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseExactly as described, well packaged, fast shipping.