Article: A wealth of material

So much could be said about this magnificent, tiresome, candid, absurd and terribly moving book. Within a chronological structure clearly set out by the editors, its narrative is built up from linked extracts - some a few sentences, others a page or two - taken from the private diaries, letters, telegrams, memoirs of the imperial family and courtiers who were close to them. A small but crucial selection of police and state documents interpose themselves here and there .

Though the title, A Lifelong Passion, is not a lie, the Mills and Boon presentation does a disservice to the seriousness of a book which is based substantially on unpublished sources of central importance. It also suggests ...

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