adini-nikolaevna: “He was a kind and loving father. When he heard that his daughter Alexandra was a
adini-nikolaevna: “He was a kind and loving father. When he heard that his daughter Alexandra was at death’s door–dying of consumption… day and night he travelled post haste on his return to Russia. When he arrived at Peterhoff, he hurried to the room where the Grand Duchess was dying. As he stood at the door, about to enter, he heard his daughter–who thought he was far away–murmur lowly, “Poor Papa! He little thinks I am dying!” And Nicholas, the stern soldier, wept like a child.”Edward Tracy Turnerelli on Emperor Nicholas I of Russia -- source link
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