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Ella: Princess, Saint and Martyr
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 281.9092
EAN: 9780470870631
ISBN: 047087063X
Label: Wiley
Manufacturer: Wiley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: January 17, 2007
Publisher: Wiley
Studio: Wiley
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Editorial Review:
Considered to have been the most beautiful princess in Europe, capable of arousing ‘profane passions’, Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, or ‘Ella’ as she was known, was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria and the daughter of Princess Alice of Great Britain and Grand Duke Louis of Hesse. A privileged, happy Victorian childhood was touched by tragedy not only with the early deaths of her youngest brother and sister but also that of her young mother. Close to Queen Victoria, Ella spent some of her happiest times in Britain. At 20, however, much against the wishes of her grandmother, who despised everything Russian, Ella became engaged to Grand Duke Serge Alexandrovich, the authoritarian younger brother of Tsar Alexander III. It was at their wedding that her younger sister, Alix, formed a love match with the future Tsar Nicholas II; an event which not only sealed the fate of both sisters, but that of the Imperial House of Romanov. But for these two marriages, the history of Russia might have been very different.
With the assassination of her husband, Ella renounced society and, against considerable opposition, founded the first religious Order of its kind in Russia, working for the poor and destitute of Moscow. Though loved for her charitable works and pionerering achievements, Ella, like Nicholas, Alexandra, and fourteen members of their family, met a brutal death at the hands of the Bolsheviks. At the height of the Russian Revolution, she was taken captive to Siberia where, having been clubbed with rifle butts, she was hurled alive into a disused mineshaft and left to die of her injuries. Later retrieved, her incorrupt body was eventually laid to rest on the Mount of Olives. She was subsequently canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as the Holy Imperial Martyr Saint Elisabeth Romanova.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Ella
Absolutely loved this book. So much has/is written about the immediate royal family and this was yet another member murdered for no other reason than she was the sister of the czarina.
Rating: - Great Book
Really enjoyed this book. I am really a Romanovphile, and this book had much information that I had previously not read. Very informative and well written. An enjoyable and edifying read.
Rating: - Good book, informative & well written
Well written biography of the last Tzarina elder sister, it corrects the legend but keep the subject even more interesting.
Rating:  - A Veritable Slog
Having read many books on Russian History, I agree with a previous reviewer and state here that this is perhaps the worst one I've encountered. There are several misspellings, comma splices, etc., suggesting the need for an editor. I read this book to the end because I paid for it, but it was truly a veritable slog to the last page. The writing is dense and obtuse, suggesting a recent class in English Composition as evidenced by complex sentence structure that is needless and ultimately impedes understanding. ... Read More
Rating: - ELLA
I LOVED THIS BOOK. I'VE READ SEVERAL BOOKS ON NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA, OF COURSE. AND RECENTLY DAGMAR, NICHOLAS'S MOTHER. XENIA AND OLGA, HIS SISTERS. THE BOOK ON ELLA SHOWS HOW, ALONG WITH HER SISTER ALEXANDRA, THEY SEEMED TO HAVE BOTH BEEN AFFECTED SO MUCH FROM THEIR MOTHER'S EARLY DEATH. THIS BOOK MADE IT INTERESTING READING ABOUT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY. NOT ONLY WAS ELLA A MARTYR BY THE WAY SHE DIED, BUT ALSO BY HER MARRIAGE WITH SERGE.
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