In the summer of 1884, 19 year old Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, stepped into the dazzling world of the Russian Court and began a journey that would lead her from the ballrooms of St. Petersburg through the courts of Tsars and Kings and eventually to the slums and back streets of Moscow. This is the intriguing story of a Hessian princess, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, who left her native land to become a Russian Grand Duchess, then "Matushka" mother of the poor, and finally Holy Imperial Martyr Saint Elisabeth. Paperback edition (book covers look a bit worn but are all brand new), published 2005, 204 pages, in English, 45 photo's