Royal Romances of Today


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"In the year 1907, the Woman’s Home Companion commissioned me to go to Russia to write the story of the early days, courtship and marriage of her whom the world knows to-day as the 'Tsaritsa,' The following year, the same periodical sent me to Italy to write a similar account of the life of Queen Elena; and in 1910 I was once more sent abroad, this time to Spain, to learn all about Queen Victoria Eugenie....'Your task is difficult,'remarked a friend to whom I had just explained that I was writing the lives of the Empress of Russia, the Queen of Spain, and the Queen of Italy. 'Your task is difficult, because these are three good Queens, and good Queens, like all good women, have no history.' Now that I have told the stories of these three good Queens, I wonder if my friend will not grant that they have been worth the telling?" (from the Foreword) (6 hr 47 min)

Chapters

Foreword 3:53 Read by Lynette Caulkins
Part I - Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, Ch. I - An Island Princess 6:27 Read by Lynette Caulkins
Part I, Ch. II - Girlhood 11:42 Read by Lynette Caulkins
Part I, Ch. III - Courtship 13:06 Read by Lynette Caulkins
Part I, Ch. IV - A Royal Wedding 18:30 Read by Lynette Caulkins
Part I, Ch. V - A Baptism of Blood 5:33 Read by Lynette Caulkins
Part I, Ch. VI - Winning a Nation's Love 13:53 Read by Lynette Caulkins
Part I, Ch. VII - Don Alfonso XIII 6:31 Read by Lynette Caulkins
Part I, Ch. VIII - A King's Life 19:50 Read by Lynette Caulkins
Part I, Ch. IX - Courage and Kingship 12:17 Read by Lynette Caulkins
Part I, Ch. X - The Prince of Asturias 17:36 Read by Lynette Caulkins
Part I, Ch. XI - The Royal Nursery of Spain 14:12 Read by Lynette Caulkins
Part I, Ch. XII - The Princes at Play 12:02 Read by Lynette Caulkins
Part II - The Empress Alexandra of Russia, Ch. I - 'Sunny' 10:18 Read by KevinS
Part II, Ch. II - Courtship and a Journey to the Northland 14:55 Read by KevinS
Part II, Ch. III - Assuming the Burden 16:09 Read by KevinS
Part II, Ch. IV - Motherhood and Queenship 23:38 Read by KevinS
Part II, Ch. V - Spirit Whisperings 31:09 Read by KevinS
Part II, Ch. VI - Family Life at the Russian Court 24:33 Read by KevinS
Part II, Ch. VII - The Grand Duchess Olga 11:16 Read by KevinS
Part II, Ch. VIII - Tatiana, Marie and Anastasie 15:27 Read by KevinS
Part II, Ch. IX - The Tsarevitch 8:25 Read by KevinS
Part II, Ch. X - The End of the Road 10:43 Read by KevinS
Part III - Queen Elena of Italy, Ch. I - A Mountain Princess 15:05 Read by Diana Majlinger
Part III, Ch. II - The Romance 7:19 Read by Diana Majlinger
Part III, Ch. III - Victor Emmanuel 9:12 Read by Diana Majlinger
Part III, Ch. IV - A Royal Honeymoon 13:11 Read by Diana Majlinger
Part III, Ch. V - Elena the Mother 9:05 Read by Diana Majlinger
Part III, Ch. VI - Simplicity of the Italian Court 6:55 Read by Diana Majlinger
Part III, Ch. VII - The Heroism of Queen Elena 7:55 Read by Diana Majlinger
Part III, Ch. VIII - Elena the Queen 16:56 Read by Diana Majlinger