This is the third volume in our�series of original English translations�of the Romanov family's�private letters and diaries. As with the other volumes, this�is the first English translation of�her diaries and letters. All of the�materials are held in Russian�archives. The author fortunately�has been given access to the original�documents. Maria Romanov was canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church for her service as a nurse�tending wounded soldiers during World War I. Her diary reveals she felt she was the �black sheep� of the family despite being knows as the�most beautiful of the four sisters. (Lord Mountbatten kept her photo with him his entire life�as a remembrance of his youthful crush on her.) Her letters and diaries include intimate details about Rasputin and the royal family as well as�the family's concern over the war with Germany and the subsequent rise of the Bolsheviks. She was eighteen-years-old when she was murdered by the Bolsheviks.
