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The Imperial Tea Party. Family, politics and betrayal: the ill-fated British and Russian royal alliance. Frances Welch. Covers three extraordinary meetings of two vastly different royal dynasties that took place from 1894 to 1917. The Tsar and Tsarina complained bitterly about the weather when staying at Balmoral; while British courtiers were later in their turn full of criticisms about the Russians’ hospitality, from the food to the music to the slow service. An entertaining book filled with well-researched diary and first person accounts.
UK (London): Short Books, 2018. 224 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover. Bookplate on first page, pages tanning (acidic paper). Illustrated. 1 copy only.
