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

The memoirs of Queen Olga of Württemberg, daughter of Russian Emperor Nicholas I, born in 1822 and leaving this world in 1892, tell about the life of the imperial Romanov family in the second quarter and mid-19th century — with... joys, sorrows, and love for relatives. The pages of Olga Nikolaevna's reminiscences are dedicated not only to Nicholas I, although the father was the main person for his children, and the Empress mother, but also to relatives from royal houses of Europe, for example, to Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm, her beloved grandfather, and other kings and queens, princes and princesses, as well as the courtiers of the imperial family. The details of everyday life within the palace walls, family celebrations, travels across Europe, political events of the turbulent 19th century, and the heartfelt passions of the young grand duchesses — the memoirist touched on various themes that are very engaging for the modern reader.