This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER HI. Accession of the Emperor Alexander.--Arrival of the Count de Maistre at St. Petersburg.--Adoption of young Nadine Staeline.--Works of charity, and correspondence with Alexander Tourguenief.--Marriage of the Princess Gargarin.--Earliest letters to Mile. Roxandra Stourdza. ECCENTRIC as was ...
Read More
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER HI. Accession of the Emperor Alexander.--Arrival of the Count de Maistre at St. Petersburg.--Adoption of young Nadine Staeline.--Works of charity, and correspondence with Alexander Tourguenief.--Marriage of the Princess Gargarin.--Earliest letters to Mile. Roxandra Stourdza. ECCENTRIC as was the reign of the Emperor Paul, he left behind him one memorable and salutary enactment, --the re-establishment of the direct and legitimate order of succession to the throne, --which was promulgated the day he took his oath. His capricious and violent measures were speedily forgotten, and the advent of Alexander I. was hailed with enthusiasm. His grandmother, Catharine, whose partiality had been undisguised, had married him, when he was barely twenty years old, to the young and beautiful Princess Louise of Baden, who, on embracing the Greek religion, assumed the name of Elizabeth. Imposing in stature and bearing, with a winning face, sweet and gentle manners, and a degree of polish which sometimes amounted to affectation, generous and enthusiastic, Alexander possessed, in about an equal degree, the qualities which captivate the masses, and those which attract earnest minds. His tutor, Cesar de la Harpe, born in the canton of Vaud, was a republican by persuasion, as well as by birth, and began by inspiring Alexander with an ardent desire to make terms with the French Revolution, whereof he himself was ever the open partisan. One of Alexander's first acts, therefore, when he ascended the throne, at the age of twenty-seven, was to repair to Memel, and confer with William III., King of Prussia, with the hope of interesting him in some plan for a definite reconciliation with France. At Riga the inhabitants detached the horses from his carriage, and.
Read Less
Add this copy of Life and Letters of Madame Swetchine to cart. $32.93, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2017 by Hansebooks.
Add this copy of Life and Letters of Madame Swetchine to cart. $65.00, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by hansebooks.
