Overview
Helene was a strong-willed princess, raised in France but closely connected with the court of Queen Victoria. After the premature end to a romance with Victoria's grandson, she married into the royal family of Italy. However, Helene began extended adventuresome trips into Africa where she became a big-game hunter, explorer and travel writer, escaping from an unhappy marriage and the boredom of court life. Her travels took her around the world, but her sense of royal duty brought her back to nurse aboard a hospital ship in Libyan waters, then to an important role as head of the Italian Red Cross nurses during the First World War while her husband headed Italy's Third Army, and her two sons served in the artillery and the navy. Afterwards, her strong Italian nationalism made her an ally to Gabriele d'Annunzio and Benito Mussolini, but the disastrous Second World War saw her grandchildren interned in Austria and her older son die as a British prisoner-of-war while she continued her charitable work in Naples. When the country voted to become a republic in 1946, Helene was the only member of the royal family allowed to remain in Italy with her second 'secret' husband.
Full Product Details
Author: Edward W. Hanson
Publisher: Fonthill Media Ltd
Imprint: Fonthill Media Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 4.10cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.800kg
ISBN: 9781781555927
ISBN 10: 1781555923
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 11 May 2017
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
An extraordinarily well researched, written, and organized biography, The Wandering Princess: Princess Helene of France, Duchess of Aosta (1871-1951) is impressively comprehensive and informative study of a singularly unusual woman who lived out her remarkable 80 years of life. An extraordinary and engaging read from beginning to end, The Wandering Princess is unreservedly recommended for both community and academic library biography collections. -- (10/01/2017)
An extraordinarily well researched, written, and organized biography, The Wandering Princess: Princess Helene of France, Duchess of Aosta (1871-1951) is impressively comprehensive and informative study of a singularly unusual woman who lived out her remarkable 80 years of life. An extraordinary and engaging read from beginning to end, The Wandering Princess is unreservedly recommended for both community and academic library biography collections. -- Midwest Book Review (10/1/2017 12:00:00 AM)
""An extraordinarily well researched, written, and organized biography, ""The Wandering Princess: Princess Helene of France, Duchess of Aosta (1871-1951)"" is impressively comprehensive and informative study of a singularly unusual woman who lived out her remarkable 80 years of life. An extraordinary and engaging read from beginning to end, ""The Wandering Princess"" is unreservedly recommended for both community and academic library biography collections.""-- ""Midwest Book Review"" (10/1/2017 12:00:00 AM)
Author Information
Edward Hanson trained and worked as an historian in his native Boston, Massachusetts, before moving to England, ordination in the Church of England and parish life. Now retired and living in London he has returned to his historical work while continuing to help with church services, both locally and on the Continent.
