Queen Marie of Romania (1875–1938)
Auteur de The story of my life
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Œuvres de Queen Marie of Romania
Later Chapters of My Life: The Lost Memoir of Queen Marie of Romania (2004) — Auteur — 14 exemplaires
The Magic Doll of Roumania: A Wonder Story In Which East and West Do Meet, Written for American Children (1929) 3 exemplaires
A Christmas tale 2 exemplaires
Queen of Roumania's Fairy book 2 exemplaires
The country that I love : an exile's memories 1 exemplaire
My Country 1 exemplaire
The Country That I Love: An Exile's Memories 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Romania, Queen Marie of
- Lieu de sépulture
- Kloster Curtea de Argeş, Rumänien
- Sexe
- female
- Lieu de naissance
- Eastwell Park, Kent, Großbritannien
- Lieu du décès
- Schloss Peleş, Sinaia, Rumänien
- Relations
- Queen Victoria (grandmother)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh & Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (father)
Marie, Grand Duchess of Russia, Duchess of Edinburgh & Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (mother)
Edward VII, King of Great Britain (uncle)
Victoria, Empress Frederick of Germany (aunt)
Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (first cousin) (tout afficher 12)
George V, King of Great Britain (first cousin)
Sophie, Queen of the Hellenes (first cousin)
Ena, Queen of Spain (first cousin)
Ernst, Grand Duke of Hesse (brother-in-law, first cousin)
Kaiser Wilhelm II (first cousin)
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (aunt) - Organisations
- Haus Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha
Haus Hohenzollern (Sigmaringen ∙ Rumänien)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 19
- Membres
- 72
- Popularité
- #243,043
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 8
- Langues
- 1
- Favoris
- 2
Imagine my surprise then, when finding not a biography, but an artist's journal. Queen Marie writes poetically about a country that she has to learn to love as a stranger. Her appreciation for its beauty is impressive and her love for the landscape touches one deeply. As someone wo traveled through Romania at the moment it was so interesting to see these thoughts written out and recognize the landscapes through her writing.
In the first part "My country" the Queen never names a place, letting the reader slowly drift through Romania. It is fascinating to hear her thoughts on beauty and architecture and all the Old buildings and chapels that so closely mirror my own and are yet a century past me.
Yet, she is a Queen and a Princess and it is noticeable in her aloofness over the "peasants" and her thoughts on their "dullness" and "ignorance" and "barbarity". Her duality is interesting, because she admires those people and yet looks down at them. Particularly her chapter on the Roma peoples shows this ignorance for people, where she compares them to animals without hesitation.… (plus d'informations)