Author: KING, STELLA
Title: Princess Marina - Her Life and Times
Description: London, Cassell. 1969, First Edition. (ISBN: 0304934607). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Good clean, tight and unmarked copy which has foxing to closed edges and a decorative bookplate to front endpaper. Dustjacket has repaired closed tears, some wear to edges, some loss to rear and is not price clipped. 242 pages. 37 illustrations and 3 genealogical tables. A biography of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (1906-1968). Born in Athens, the youngest of the three daughters of Prince and Princess Nicholas of Greece. Her paternal grandfather was King George I, who was Danish and was placed on the Greek throne by Britain, France and Russia. Her maternal grandfather was the Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia. Thus, through her grandparents and through her great-aunt-by marriage, Queen Victoria, Princess Marina was related directly and indirectly to virtually every Royal house in Europe. NOT EX LIB C3B. Good/Fair.

Keywords: Duchess of Kent, Prince Nicholas of Greece, King George I, Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia 0304934607


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