Royal Portraits

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xi, [5], 228, [4] pp. 8vo. A collection of biographical sketches based on the author's own experiences. Includes accounts of: King Alexander and Queen Draga; Ferdinand of Roumania; Czar Nicholas II; Queen Cinderella, Marie-Mignon of Serbia; the Duchess of Coburg; Empress Eugenie; Edward VII and Carmen Sylva. Bibesco was the daughter of the minister of the Kingdom of Romania, and married a Romanian prince. Following World War I she developed a reputation as a skilled and popular writer.