Description | Russian migr memoirs, some typescript or photocopied material is excerpted from previously published material whilst other material is unpublished. Some of the memoirs were translated by Glenny. Comprises:
Selected extracts translated by Glenny from 'Memoirs of the Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich' (published Paris, 1933 and Paris 1980) (1986) Typescript of the correspondence of Grand Duke Andrew Vladimirovich, mainly concerns the claim of Anna Anderson that she was Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna, daughter of the last tsar (1975) Extracts from 'Through terror to freedom' by S Arbenina (Baroness Meyendorff) (published London, 1932) Various memoirs of Count Alexei Bobrinskoy (some broadcast on BBC 1952-1962) 'Memoirs' by Irina Yelenevskaya (published privately Stockholm, 1968) 'L'anneau d'argent' by Iraida Barry (1951) Memoir by Countess E P Kleinmichel (1919) "Escape in the ocean", memoir by Slava Kurilov, translated by Glenny in 'The Missouri Review', 13.3, (1991) |