MY MEMORIES OF SIX REIGNS

by Princess Marie Louise ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 19, 1957

Princess Marie Louise, the granddaughter of Victoria, who had been in her long lifetime- recorded here at the age of 84- an early Victorian, a Mid-Victorian, an Edwardian, a Georgian and an Elizabethan, remembers it in rather full detail and adds her ""little tidbit of history"". Decorous, and always generous as well, as she writes of those who crossed her path, she describes a happy childhood and education; her marriage- at 18- to the handsome Prince Aribert of Anhalt and the nine years- rather rigidly restrictive- spent in Berlin before he suddenly terminated the marriage; the ways in which she filled the later years- her many areas of welfare work, her travels, friends and interests. If there is an expected formality to her recital she is consistently appreciative. No gossip intrudes or demeans the character of the book which bears its heavy train of memories with dignity and discretion. But it lacks the spark that might widen its market.

Pub Date: Aug. 19, 1957

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Dutton

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1957

Categories: NONFICTION