LITERATURE – Belgrade, Serbia – Promotion of the book “Royal Dynasty – The Karadjordjevic Family’s Long Journey Home” by Christina Oxenberg Karadjordjevic, American writer; article edited by Djuradj Vujcic, Canadian journalist.
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His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II Karadjordjevic and Christina Oxenberg Karadjordjevic, author of the book “Royal Dynasty – The Karadjordjevic Family’s Long Journey Home” / Photo courtesy of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander.
“It is with great pleasure I greet you at the launch of the book ‘Royal Dynasty – The Karadjordjevic Family’s Long Journey Home’, written by my dear cousin, Christina Oxenberg. Over the past twenty-five years, our country, unfortunately, was left by hundreds of thousands of its citizens. Among them, tens of thousands of the most educated. When a nation progresses, when it is winning and everybody in the country has a good life, then it is easy and comfortable to belong to it. In difficult times, when divisions, wars and wrongdoings burden everybody’s life, it is courageous to testify about belonging to one people, and return to it from abroad. Today, Christina Oxenberg, the descendant of Karadjordje, returned to her people. Brought up in a foreign country, she rediscovered her people and showed it to the world. Two hundred years ago, our common ancestor bought weapons and equipped the Serbian army to lead it to revolt. But Karadjordje used to say that Serbia has enough men to defend it, but few learned people to lead the country’s progress. Our Christina did not bring a cannon to Serbia, she came to Serbia to write a book. Through one of the major themes of the modern world – identity and self-revelation – Christina has revealed and showed her family and her Serbia to the foreign audience and our audience. A world that is worth living, working and fighting. Christina, a prominent writer, came with a new spirit and ideas for a new time. I thank her for that. I recommend this book to your attention and I wish her much success.” – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II Karadjordjevic.
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by Christina Oxenberg Karadjordjevic,
renowned American writer and actress, daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia |
Belgrade, Serbia – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander, Crown Princess Katherine and Prince Alexander attended the promotion of the book “Royal Dynasty – The Karadjordjevic Family’s Long Journey Home” by Christina Oxenberg Karadjordjevic at the Delphi Café SKC on December 10, 2015.
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Greeting everyone, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander emphasized:
“It is with great pleasure I greet you at the launch of the book “Royal Dynasty – The Karadjordjevic Family’s Long Journey Home”, written by my dear cousin, Christina Oxenberg. Over the past twenty-five years, our country, unfortunately, was left by hundreds of thousands of its citizens. Among them, tens of thousands of the most educated. When a nation progresses, when it is winning and everybody in the country has a good life, then it is easy and comfortable to belong to it. In difficult times, when divisions, wars and wrongdoings burden everybody’s life, it is courageous to testify about belonging to one people, and return to it from abroad. Today, Christina Oxenberg, the descendant of Karadjordje, returned to her people. Brought up in a foreign country, she rediscovered her people and showed it to the world. Two hundred years ago, our common ancestor bought weapons and equipped the Serbian army to lead it to revolt. But Karadjordje used to say that Serbia has enough men to defend it, but few learned people to lead the country’s progress. Our Christina did not bring a cannon to Serbia, she came to Serbia to write a book. Through one of the major themes of the modern world – identity and self-revelation – Christina has revealed and showed her family and her Serbia to the foreign audience and our audience. A world that is worth living, working and fighting for. Christina, a prominent writer, came with a new spirit and ideas for a new time. I thank her for that. I recommend this book to your attention and I wish her much success.” Besides Crown Prince Alexander the book launch guests were addressed by Professor Cedomir Antic, a historian and a member of the Crown Council, Aleksandar Jovanovic, a journalist, and Christina Oxenberg Karadjordjevic, the author of the book. Christina Oxenberg Karadjordjevic is a descendant of the Serbian Royal Family: she is the great-great-great granddaughter of Karadjordje (the founder of modern Serbia), the daughter of Princess Elizabeth Karadjordjevic and an established American writer. In the book “Royal Dynasty – The Karadjordjevic Family’s Long Journey Home” she presented us with an exciting personal and family story that contains three segments: the short story of the family whose fate was firmly associated with one European nation and the history of Europe and the West in general over the past two centuries, Serbian history through the eyes of an American who grew up far from her country of origin which she (in adulthood) passionately studied and finally, the reader follows the story of self-discovery. Searching for roots, the author provides an overview of the history of the Serbian dynasty of Karadjordje until today. The book contains photographs from family albums that have never been published. Christina Oxenberg Karadjordjevic presented herself for the first time to the Serbian public at this year’s Belgrade Book Fair. She was born in 1962 in New York, her mother is Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth Karadjordjevic of Yugoslavia and her father is an American Howard Oxenberg. She currently lives in Serbia. Christina is an established writer in the United States. Her first novel “Taxi” was significantly successful in 1986. Her sister Catherine Oxenberg starred in the role of Amanda, in the famous American TV series “Dynasty”. |
Belgrade, Serbia – Promotion of the book “Royal Dynasty – The Karadjordjevic Family’s Long Journey Home” by Christina Oxenberg Karadjordjevic, renowned American writer and actress.
Launching “Royal Dynasty – The Karadjordjevic Family’s Long Journey Home” / Photos courtesy of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander.
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The book “Royal Dynasty – The Karadjordjevic Family’s Long Journey Home”, translated by Nenad Dropulic, can be found in all Delfi bookstores, Laguna readers’ clubs, the online bookstore www.delfi.rs and on the site www.laguna.rs.
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Photo of Christina Oxenberg Karadjordjevic
courtesy of Igor Stojanovic. |
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander / Photo courtesy of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander.
“It is with great pleasure I greet you at the launch of the book ‘Royal Dynasty – The Karadjordjevic Family’s Long Journey Home’, written by my dear cousin, Christina Oxenberg. Over the past twenty-five years, our country, unfortunately, was left by hundreds of thousands of its citizens. Among them, tens of thousands of the most educated. When a nation progresses, when it is winning and everybody in the country has a good life, then it is easy and comfortable to belong to it. In difficult times, when divisions, wars and wrongdoings burden everybody’s life, it is courageous to testify about belonging to one people, and return to it from abroad. Today, Christina Oxenberg, the descendant of Karadjordje, returned to her people. Brought up in a foreign country, she rediscovered her people and showed it to the world. Two hundred years ago, our common ancestor bought weapons and equipped the Serbian army to lead it to revolt. But Karadjordje used to say that Serbia has enough men to defend it, but few learned people to lead the country’s progress. Our Christina did not bring a cannon to Serbia, she came to Serbia to write a book. Through one of the major themes of the modern world – identity and self-revelation – Christina has revealed and showed her family and her Serbia to the foreign audience and our audience. A world that is worth living, working and fighting for. Christina, a prominent writer, came with a new spirit and ideas for a new time. I thank her for that. I recommend this book to your attention and I wish her much success.” – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II Karadjordjevic.
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„Са великим задовољством поздрављам вас на промоцији књиге ’Краљевска династија – повратак кући породице Карађорђевић’, коју је написала моја драга рођака, Кристина Оксенберг. Током претходних двадесет и пет година нашу земљу су, нажалост, напустиле стотине хиљада њених грађана. Међу њима десетине хиљада најобразованијих. Када један народ напредује, када побеђује, када се у његовој земљи живи све боље, тада му је лако и пријатно припадати. У тешким временима, када поделе, ратови и грешке оптерете живот свима, веома је храбро сведочити о припадности једном народу, и вратити му се из туђине. Данас се Кристина Оксенберг, потомак Карађорђа, вратила своме народу. Одгајана у туђини, поново је открила свој народ и показала га свету. Наш заједнички предак, пре две стотине година, куповао је оружје и опремао српску војску да је поведе у устанак. Али Карађорђе је знао да каже да у Србији има довољно људи да је бране, али мало учених да државу воде у напредак. Наша Кристина није у Србију донела топ, она је дошла да Србији напише књигу. Кроз једну од највећих тема модерног света – идентитет и самооткривање – Кристина је нашој и страној публици открила и показала своју породицу и своју Србију. Свет за који вреди живети, радити и борити се. Кристина, иначе угледна књижевница, дошла је са новим духом и идејама за ново време. Захваљујем јој на томе. Препоручујем ову књигу Вашој пажњи и желим јој много успеха.” – Његово Краљевско Височанство Престолонаследник Александар II Карађорђевић.
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· Excerpts & Photographs: His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II Karadjordjevic
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Last updated on December 10, 2015.
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