Gândurile mele din vremea războiului by Regina Maria

Gândurile mele din vremea războiului by Regina Maria is the first book in Romanian I read in over a decade. In English is My thoughts during the war by Queen Maria. She was the Queen Consort from 1914 to 1927. She was born into the British royal family.

I am very glad that I chose this book. It was an impulse purchase, when I travelled by train. There were book sellers in the train station that were enticing people with their books. I enjoyed the book very much, she was a very talented writer. I am going to share 2 quotes from the book instead of a long review, because I feel it shows better the quality of writing.

“E imensă tragedia ce se joacă de aproape trei ani, în toate colțurile lumii, și atât de uimitor e numărul acelora care, cu voie sau nu, iau parte la dânsa, încât pare că chipurile omeneşti n-ar mai fi decât nişte umbre care plutesc o clipă înainte de a trece, înlocuite de altele ce dispar la rândul lor – şi aşa, mereu tot aşa, chipuri răsar și se şterg, armată neîntreruptă de eroi rămași fără nume, din cauza numărului lor chiar.”

It is an immense tragedy that has been playing out for almost three years, in all corners of the world, and so astonishing is the number of those who, willingly or not, take part in it, that it seems that human faces are nothing more than shadows that float for a moment before passing, replaced by others that disappear in turn – and so, always the same, faces emerge and disappear, an uninterrupted army of heroes left nameless, because of their very number.

“Scriitori și artişti mari au scris și au zugrăvit ororile acestea, însă niciodată nu m-am aşteptat ca în viață să văd cu ochii mei lucruri închipuite numai în întunecimile iadului. Niciodată n-aş fi crezut că viața oamenilor, adăpostită de o civilizație liniştită, va fi pusă în faţa unor realități atât de înfiorătoare. Războiul a sfărâmat toate îngrădirile și le-a aruncat năprasnic înapoi la vremurile pe care le socoteam apuse pentru totdeauna.”

Famous writers and artists have written and painted these horrors, but I never expected to see with my own eyes things imagined only in the darkness of hell. I never would have thought that the life of people, sheltered by a peaceful civilisation, would be confronted with such horrifying realities. The war shattered all barriers and threw them suddenly back to the times we thought were gone forever.

Gândurile mele din vremea războiului by Regina Maria

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My rating: 5/5 Stars
Would I recommend it: yes
Published by: Paul Editions
Year it was published: 2020
Format: Paperback
Genre(s): Memoir – History of Romania
Pages: 221

About the author: Maria was Crown Princess and the second Queen of Romania, as the wife of the prince who later became King Ferdinand I of Romania. She was the mother of King Carol II. Maria, born Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was a Princess of Great Britain and Ireland and the granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Her parents were Alfred Ernest Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh, and her mother Maria Alexandrovna Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia, the only daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia.
Maria spent her childhood and adolescence at Eastwell Park, the family residence in Kent.
On 29 December 1892 she married Ferdinand I, Crown Prince of Romania, trying from the beginning and succeeding in integrating herself into the nation that had adopted her as Princess and, from 1914, as Queen.
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