The White Night of St. Petersburg
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The White Night of St. Petersburg is a novelised biography of Grand Duke Nicholas Kostantinovich Romanov set in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 at the end of the 19th century and start of the 20th century.

It tells the story of Nicholas, the elder brother of Olga, Queen of Greece, through the eyes of Nicholas's granddaughter Princess Natalja Alexandrovna Iskander
Natalya Androssov Iskander Romanov
Her Serene Highness Princess Natalia Alexandrovna Romanovskaya-Iskander , or simply Princess Iskander, was the last Romanov and the only Russian among Romanovs to remain in Russia following the Revolution...

. It is written by Prince Michael of Greece (Queen Olga's grandson), who met Princess Natalja shortly before her death in 1999.

The book contains a lot of period detail and family history of the Romanov
Romanov
The House of Romanov was the second and last imperial dynasty to rule over Russia, reigning from 1613 until the February Revolution abolished the crown in 1917...

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