Ella: Princess, Saint and Martyr

by Christopher Warwick

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047087063X
• ISBN13: 9780470870631
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.8"