The Last Grand Duchess: Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna

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by  Ian Vorres

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The Last Grand Duchess

The Last Grand Duchess
HER IMPERIAL HIGHNESS
GRAND DUCHESS
Olga Alexandrovna
JUNE 1882-24 NOVEMBER 1960
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VORRES
IAN
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I GLADLY TAKE THIS OPPORTL^NITY OF EXPRESSING MY GRATITUDE
to all those who helped me complete this study of Grand Duch-
ess Olga: to her son, Goury Koulikovsky, to H. R. H. the Duch-
ess of Mecklenburg, to H. H. the Duke of Leuchtenberg, the
late Nancy, Viscountess Astor, the late Sir Edward Peacock,
Vice-Admiral T. N. James, c.b., m.v.c, L. W. Brockington, q.c,
Lieutenant Colonel Hartley Bull, Mr. James Armstrong, Mr.
Edward Ewing, Mr. Arnold McNaughton, Sir Thomas H.
Preston, Bt., Mr. A. H. Creighton, and Mrs. R. B. Messervy. I
am also indebted to Mr. CoUn McCullough for revisions and
corrections in the text and to Margaret Foster for typing the
manuscript.
Finally, I gratefully acknowledge my debt to my parents,
Andrew and Stephanie Vorres, whose personal encouragement
and financial assistance enabled me to carry on with the research
required for this book and to finish writing it.
Ian Vorres
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