Dreams of Youth. Memoirs of the Daughter of Emperor Nicholas I

The memoirs of Queen Olga of Württemberg, daughter of the Russian Emperor Nicholas I, born in 1822 and leaving this world in 1892, recount the life of the imperial Romanov family in the second quarter and mid-19th century - with joys, sorrows, and love for their loved ones… The pages of Olga Nikolaevna's memories are devoted not only to Nicholas I, although the father was the main person for his children, and the mother-empress, but also to relatives from the royal houses of Europe, for example, to the Prussian King Frederick William, her beloved grandfather, and other kings and queens, princes and princesses, as well as to the close ones of the imperial family. Details of everyday life within the palace walls, family celebrations, travels across Europe, political events of the turbulent 19th century, and the romantic pursuits of young grand duchesses - the memoirist touches upon various subjects that are very engaging for the modern reader.