The Disillusions of a Crown Princess: Being the Story of the Courtship and Married Life of Cecile, Ex-Crown Princess of Germany

Excerpt from The Disillusions of a Crown Princess: Being the Story of the Courtship and Married Life of Cecile, Ex-Crown Princess of GermanyIT Was a bright winter's day. The vast halls Of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg were filled with a great crowd of people eager to catch a glimpse of one of the fairest brides that had ever been led to the altar Of its chapel. The Imperial Family and the Court were celebrating the nuptials of the niece of the Czar Alexander II, the daugh ter Of his favourite brother, - the Grand Duchess Anastasia Michaylowna of Russia, with the heir to the Duchy of mecklenburg-schwerin, and to one of the largest private fortunes in Europe.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.