Table of Contents

List of Illustrations[xi]
Author’s Preface[xiii]
PART ONETHE YOUTHFUL YEARS[1]
Chapter IEarliest Memories[3]
Chapter IISchool Days[15]
Chapter IIICruises[25]
Chapter IVThe Crimea[40]
Chapter VSpala: 1912[53]
Chapter VIJubilee: 1913[66]
PART TWOTHE FIRST WORLD WAR[73]
Chapter VIIEve of the War: 1914[75]
Chapter VIIINo Choice But War[83]
Chapter IXFamily Heartaches[95]
Chapter XMogilev[113]
Chapter XIOur Last Autumn in Tsarskoe Selo[126]
Chapter XIIRevolution[140]
Chapter XIIIAbdication[152]
PART THREEARREST AND EXILE[171]
Chapter XIVArrest[173]
Chapter XVSubjugation[182]
Chapter XVIDeparture[193]
Chapter XVIIJourney[203]
PART FOURTOBOLSK[209]
Chapter XVIIIOrientation[211]
Chapter XIXWinter[226]
Chapter XXDanger[236]
Chapter XXISeparation[248]
PART FIVEEKATERINBURG[263]
Chapter XXIIReunion[265]
Chapter XXIIIDeprivation and Courage[278]
Chapter XXIVThe Nights Are Long[286]
Chapter XXVAccusation[291]
Chapter XXVIFear and Dread[297]
Chapter XXVIIOur Final Decision[303]
Chapter XXVIIIDawn Turns to Dusk[314]
PART SIXAFTER THE TRAGEDY[321]
Chapter XXIXDugout[323]
Chapter XXXRecovery[338]
Chapter XXXIWestward Trek[348]
Chapter XXXIIAlexander[358]
Chapter XXXIIIEscape[373]
Chapter XXXIVRefuge[378]
Index[383]