PRINCESS NILUFER DJEM SULTAN Autograph letter signed «Nilufer» about her book «For the love of Tatiana»

No place, no date, addressed to Mr. Gérard Leman 2pp. on blue headed paper «H.I.H. Princess Nilufer of Turkey». In French. 29,5 x 20,8 cm Included: Handwritten envelope with stamp and postmark «1820 Montreux - 11-12-06». on the back mentioning sender «1660 Château d’Oex, Switzerland». 11 x 22 cm «... were you aware of what the Ottoman Imperial Family represented as we wrote in the preface? Few people are until today... having been brought up in this spirit of tradition... my mother and I managed to raise Tatiana in the Love of her fellow man and a spirit of tolerance...» Her Imperial Highness Princess Nilufer of Turkey, a member of the Russian and Georgian aristocracy, is a direct descendant of the Ottoman family of Osmanlis. Princess Nilufer suddenly lost her daughter Tatiana, who died of cystic fibrosis at the age of sixteen. For her mother and grandmother Irina, it is a time of revolt and prostration. But the night calls for the dawn and the two women, leaving behind the splendour of princely life, are going to commit themselves without counting the cost to charity work to help suffering children: fundraising, creation of an association... From the shores of the Bosphorus to the Georgian mountains, the story of an incredible journey, full of obstacles, for the love of children, for the love of Tatiana. Commitment rewarded by the International Life Award, an award that Mother Theresa, Queen Rania of Jordan and Professor Barnard have received. Literature: For the love of Tatiana - The Sultana of sick children Princess Nilufer, Presses De La Renaissance, October 2006