Concordia A. Gregorieff was a member of the Russian nobility and lived on the palace grounds during the days of Imperial Russia. Her father was a high-ranking officer and a personal friend of the Romanoff family. Many photographs and documents salvaged from Russia during the early 1900's are included in BROKEN BEADS.At the age of 97, Concordia has told her story. It is a blood-stained fairy tale filled with loss, adventure, and most of all, hope.