Memoirs of a Noble Lady: The Path from Lady-in-Waiting to Emigrant. From the Submerged World

Countess Maria Eduardovna Kleinmichel – a socialite from the upper class of the Russian Empire, who lived through three emperors during her long life and personally knew many people who left their mark in history. Having journeyed from a young lady-in-waiting to an elderly hostess of a Petersburg salon, who warmly welcomed aristocrats, ministers, generals, and diplomats, she became involved in many secrets of political life. She was already over 70 years old when 1917 forever changed life in Russia. Finding herself in emigration, Countess Kleinmichel felt it was her duty to write memoirs about the “submerged world” of the Russian Empire, for she had much to remember.