Books with author Catherine Radziwill

Despite its title, this book is not a biography of the English Imperialist but rather an on-the-spot and personal review of the tumultuous events leading up to, during, and immediately after the South African War of 1899–1902.Basing much of her account on personal observations and interviews, the author provides a fascinating overview of many of the intrigues and personalities of the time. She was also able to clearly discern through the fog of war the real reason for the conflict:“Whilst touching upon the subject of the Transvaal, I may say a word concerning the strangely mixed population, for the sake of whom, officially, Britain went to war. The British public was told that it was necessary to fight President Kruger because Englishmen in the Transvaal were being ill-treated and denied their legitimate rights. In reality, this was one of those conventional reasons, lacking common sense and veracity, upon which nations are so often fed.“If we enter closely into the details of existence in the Transvaal, and examine who were those who shouted so loudly for the franchise, we find that the majority were either foreigners or Jews hailing from Frankfurt or Hamburg . . . [They] were Jews, mostly of Teutonic descent, who pretended that they were Englishmen or Colonials; . . . . The Beits, the Neumanns and the Wernhers were German Jews; Barney Barnato was supposed to have been born under the shade of a Portuguese synagogue . . . [t]he Joels were Hebrews; the Rudds supposed to belong to the same race through some remote ancestor; the Mosenthals, Abrahams, Phillipps, and other notabilities of the Rand and Kimberley, were Jews…“The war, which was supposed to win the franchise for Englishmen in the Transvaal, was in reality fought for the advantage of foreigners. Most people honestly believed that President Kruger was aiming at destroying English prestige throughout the vast dark continent, and would have been horrified had they known what was going on in that distant land.”

"A great book about a great man, filled with interesting matter from cover to cover." -Homiletic Review, 1919 In Cecil Rhodes, Man and Empire-Maker (1918), the Princess Catherine Radziwill affords us a wonderful study of this intensely human personality at close range, his greatness and his weakness, his soaring ambitions and his sensitive nature. She also makes clear for us the tangles of South African Politics, lays bare the intrigue that lurked behind the celebrated Jameson Raid, and the outbreak of the Boer War, and details the methods by which the British attempted to weld the once troubled states of the dark continent into a peaceful, contented, and prosperous democracy. It is a study of the life and achievements of Cecil Rhodes together with a revelation of the evolution of South Africa. Also includes character studies of such men as Sir Starr Jameson, Sir John Gordon Sprigg, President Kruger etc. Princess Catherine Radziwiłł (1858 – 1941) was a notable Polish aristocrat. Born in Russia, carefully educated, in 1873 she married the Polish Prince Wilhelm Radziwiłł. In the summer 1899 Catherine Radziwill left for South Africa setting her eyes on South African-based British magnate and politician Cecil Rhodes. They initially became friends, but Rhodes, pulled away from her. Nevertheless, he paid her debts and sent her back to London, where Catherine published the book The Resurrection of Peter, defending Rhodes. Radziwill's other books include: The Resurrection of Peter My Recollections, 1904 Behind the Veil at the Russian Court, 1914 The Royal Marriage Market of Europe, 1915 The Austrian Court From Within, 1916 Sovereigns and Statesmen of Europe, 1916 Because it was Written, 1916 The Black Dwarf of Vienna, and other weird stories, 1916 Germany under Three Emperors, 1917 Russia's Decline and Fall: The Secret History of a Great Debacle, 1918 Rasputin and the Russian Revolution, 1918 Confessions of the Czarina, 1918 The Firebrand of Bolshevism, 1919 Secrets of Dethroned Royalty, 1920 Those I Remember, 1924 The Intimate Life of the Last Tsarina, 1929 Child of Pity: The Little PrinceRides Away, 1930 Nicholas II: The Last of the Tsars, 1931 The Taint of the Romanovs, 1931 It Really Happened; An Autobiography by Princess Catherine Radziwiłł, 1932 The Empress Frederick, 1934.

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Despite its title, this book is not a biography of the English Imperialist but rather an on-the-spot and personal review of the tumultuous events leading up to, during, and immediately after the South African War of 1899-1902. Basing much of her account on personal observations and interviews, the author provides a fascinating overview of many of the intrigues and personalities of the time.