The biography traces the life of a German princess who becomes the consort of a Balkan monarch, beginning with her ancestral roots and the cultured environment of her childhood at Monrepos. It follows her education, travels, courtship and marriage, and adjustment to life in her adopted country, including joys and sorrows of motherhood. The narrative examines her public duties, charitable and national initiatives, and responses to wartime hardships, and it presents her literary output under the pen name Carmen Sylva, with selections of poetry and reflections on philosophy and cultural life.