Thirteen years at the Russian court
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Pierre Gilliard. Thirteen years at the Russian court
Thirteen years at the Russian court
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INTRODUCTION
Thirteen Years at the Russian Court
CHAPTER I. MY FIRST LESSONS AT THE COURT (AUTUMN, 1905)
CHAPTER II. ALEXIS NICOLAÏEVITCH—VISITS TO THE CRIMEA (AUTUMN, 1911, AND SPRING, 1912) SPALA (AUTUMN, 1912)
CHAPTER III. I BEGIN MY DUTIES AS TUTOR—THE CZAREVITCH’S ILLNESS (AUTUMN, 1913)
CHAPTER IV. THE CZARINA, ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA
CHAPTER V. RASPUTIN
CHAPTER VI. LIFE AT TSARSKOÏE-SELO—MY PUPILS (THE WINTER OF 1913-14)
CHAPTER VII. THE INFLUENCE OF RASPUTIN—MADAME WYROUBOVA—MY TUTORIAL TROUBLES
CHAPTER VIII. JOURNEYS TO THE CRIMEA AND RUMANIA—PRESIDENT POINCARÉ’S VISIT—DECLARATION OF WAR BY GERMANY (APRIL-JULY, 1914)
CHAPTER IX. THE IMPERIAL FAMILY IN THE FIRST DAYS OF THE WAR—OUR JOURNEY TO MOSCOW (AUGUST, 1914)
CHAPTER X. THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE WAR
CHAPTER XI. THE RETREAT OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY—THE CZAR PLACES HIMSELF AT THE HEAD OF HIS ARMY—THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF THE CZARINA (FEBRUARY-SEPTEMBER, 1915)
CHAPTER XII. NICHOLAS II. AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF—THE ARRIVAL OF THE CZAREVITCH AT G.H.Q.—VISITS TO THE FRONT
CHAPTER XIII. THE CZAR AT THE DUMA—THE CAMPAIGN IN GALICIA—OUR LIFE AT G.H.Q.—GROWING DISAFFECTION IN THE REAR (1916)
CHAPTER XIV. POLITICAL TENSION—THE DEATH OF RASPUTIN
CHAPTER XV. THE REVOLUTION—THE ABDICATION OF NICHOLAS II
CHAPTER XVI. THE CZAR NICHOLAS II
CHAPTER XVII. THE REVOLUTION SEEN FROM THE ALEXANDER PALACE—THE CZAR’S RETURN TO TSARSKOÏE-SELO
CHAPTER XVIII. FIVE MONTHS’ CAPTIVITY AT TSARSKOÏE-SELO (MARCH—AUGUST, 1917)
CHAPTER XIX. OUR CAPTIVITY AT TOBOLSK (AUGUST-DECEMBER, 1917)
CHAPTER XX. END OF OUR CAPTIVITY AT TOBOLSK (JANUARY-MAY, 1918)
CHAPTER XXI. EKATERINBURG. THE MURDER OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY. DURING THE NIGHT OF JULY 16-17th, 1918
CHAPTER XXII. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CRIME ESTABLISHED BY THE ENQUIRY
EPILOGUE
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Pierre Gilliard
Personal record of the last years and death of the Czar Nicholas II. and his family
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When the Czar and Czarina went to Hodinskoïe meadows next morning they had heard nothing whatever of the terrible catastrophe. They were not told the truth until they returned to the city subsequently, and they never knew the whole truth. Did not those concerned realise that by acting thus they were depriving the Imperial couple of a chance to show their grief and sympathy and making their behaviour odious because it seemed sheer indifference to public misfortune?
Several years of domestic bliss followed, and Fate seemed to have loosened its grip.
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