PART ONE THE YOUTHFUL YEARS 1

Chapter I Earliest Memories 3 Chapter II School Days 15 Chapter III Cruises 25 Chapter IV The Crimea 40 Chapter V Spala: 1912 53 Chapter VI Jubilee: 1913 66

PART TWO THE FIRST WORLD WAR 73

Chapter VII Eve of the War: 1914 75 Chapter VIII No Choice But War 83 Chapter IX Family Heartaches 95 Chapter X Mogilev 113 Chapter XI Our Last Autumn in Tsarskoe Selo 126 Chapter XII Revolution 140 Chapter XIII Abdication 152

PART THREE ARREST AND EXILE 171

Chapter XIV Arrest 173 Chapter XV Subjugation 182 Chapter XVI Departure 193 Chapter XVII Journey 203

PART FOUR TOBOLSK 209

Chapter XVIII Orientation 211 Chapter XIX Winter 226 Chapter XX Danger 236 Chapter XXI Separation 248

PART FIVE EKATERINBURG 263

Chapter XXII Reunion 265 Chapter XXIII Deprivation and Courage 278 Chapter XXIV The Nights Are Long 286 Chapter XXV Accusation 291 Chapter XXVI Fear and Dread 297 Chapter XXVII Our Final Decision 303 Chapter XXVIII Dawn Turns to Dusk 314

PART ONE THE YOUTHFUL YEARS 1✦

PART TWO THE FIRST WORLD WAR 73✦

PART THREE ARREST AND EXILE 171✦

PART FOUR TOBOLSK 209✦

PART FIVE EKATERINBURG 263✦

PART ONE THE YOUTHFUL YEARS 1

PART TWO THE FIRST WORLD WAR 73

PART THREE ARREST AND EXILE 171

PART FOUR TOBOLSK 209

PART FIVE EKATERINBURG 263