Posted by Owen Roberts on May 17, 2011 at 16:48:47 user OwenRoberts.
In Reply to: Re: Book Dedications posted by Roger Wardale on May 17, 2011 at 08:22:36:
The AR-Altounyan relationship was always a tricky one, ranging between uneasy peace and outright war.
One must not forget the AR had proposed marrige to Dora (Collingwood's daughter) who married Ernest Altounyan.
On being refused he then proposed marriage to her younger sisder Barbara who married Oscar Gnosspelius.
Presumably the third sister, Ursula, was too young to have a proposal - or perhaps AR had given up by this time.
Doubtless Evgenia was not enthralled to have too much close contact with AR's former loves. I suspect AR may have retained some feelings for the sisters otherwise he would have distanced himself from them.