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Frances Welch: Imperial Tea Party [2018] hardback GAEIL Anchored by stories of China'sRussia and Britain were never natural bedfellows. But the marriage, in 1894, of Queen Victoria's favourite granddaughter, Alicky, to the Tsarevich Nicholas marked the beginning of an uneasy Anglo Russian entente that would last until the Russian Revolution of 1917. The three extraordinary meetings that took place during those years, although well intentioned and generally hailed as successes, were beset by misunderstandings and misfortunes. The Tsar