CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I. A Letter Home[ 1]
II. Prince Kalkov’s Proposition[ 4]
III. The Emperor starts[ 14]
IV. When I was Czar[ 24]
V. A Czar defied[ 35]
VI. His Majesty a Prisoner[ 45]
VII. “I am not the Czar”[ 56]
VIII. Deeper in[ 67]
IX. Helga speaks[ 77]
X. Vastic[ 88]
XI. Conviction at Last[ 97]
XII. Helga’s Anger[ 108]
XIII. The Attack[ 119]
XIV. Concerning the Value of Hostages [ 130]
XV. The Dangers thicken[ 139]
XVI. Helga’s Defeat[ 149]
XVII. At the Gates of the Palace[ 160]
XVIII. Prince Kalkov’s Welcome[ 170]
XIX. Turning the Screw[ 181]
XX. A Death Trap[ 192]
XXI. At the Square of San Sophia[ 203]
XXII. Flight[ 212]
XXIII. At the Frontier[ 223]
XXIV. The Fresh Campaign[ 234]
XXV. The Luck wavers[ 245]
XXVI. I win[ 256]
XXVII. A Last Move[ 268]
XXVIII. Love will have its Way[ 278]
XXIX. A Last Precaution[ 289]
XXX. The Prince outwitted[ 298]
XXXI. At the Eleventh Hour[ 309]
XXXII. The End[ 321]

When I was Czar