VGC.Aurum Press,1995.First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).Brown hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick and crease on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj(some creases and nicks on the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated with b/w photos.Nice and clean pages with two small marks on the outer edges,a couple of creases and small nicks on the edges of the pages,small ink mark inside the half-title page.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.440pp including Author's note,source notes,bibliography,index.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition-first printing.Heavy book. This is another paragraph Review : The first woman is open to severe criticism: the second is admirable,' Prince Nicholas Romanoff writes of Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia. Before the Revolution she meddled in politics disastrously, isolated her family from Russian society, and became a religious fanatic, enthralled by the charismatic Rasputin. When her beloved husband, Tsar Nicholas, was forced to abdicate and she lost power, she behaved courageously and with dignity, throughout the terrible year leading up to their hideous murder at Ekaterinburg. As Princess Alexandra of Hesse, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, the future Empress spent her first 22 years in a small Duchy on the Rhine, with frequent visits to England. Greg King explores these early years, seeking to understand the complex character who became the most hated woman in Russia. The young Princess was reclusive, wilful, and preoccupied with death - her mother died when she was six. A tragic tale, ably unfolded, with much new material