Dancing on the edge of the empire
Subtitle: a transformative tale of Pauline Melikoff, Hobart girl and Russian princess
By: Victoria Rigney.
Publisher: [Victoria Rigney]
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Hobart, Tas.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780646492872
Subjects: Melikoff, Pauline -- Princess Maximilian, -- 1893-1988; Melikoff, Maximilian -- Prince, -- d. 1950; Princesses -- Tasmania -- Biography; Royal weddings -- Tasmania; Aliens -- England -- Biography; Aliens -- Tasmania -- Biography; Aliens -- England -- Social life and customs; Princesses -- England -- Social life and customs; Tasmania -- Biography
Genres: Biography; Social life and customs
Description: Biography of Tasmanian Tatts heiress,  Pauline Curran, who married an exiled Georgian prince, Maximilian Melikov and left Tasmania to live in Europe. On her death she left her considerable assets to 3 beneficiaries, the Greenpeace Environmental Trust, the Tasmanian government wildlife protection services and the St. Ann's Homes for the Aged.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-203).
Table of contents: title: Thursdays child; title: Dancing on the edge of the Empire; title: The Prince, fractured tramlines; title: The royal wedding; title: The London season; title: For richer or poorer, I give up my citizenship; title: Portrait of a woman in exile again; title: For those in peril at sea.