CONTENTS
PUBLISHERS' NOTE
INTRODUCTION
I BETROTHAL AND MARRIAGE
II MARRIAGE AND LONELINESS
III MY COUNTRY, MY BELOVED COUNTRY, WHY AM I PARTED FROM THEE?
IV A SAD CORONATION
V DAUGHTERS, DAUGHTERS, AND NO SON
VI THE EMPRESS'S OPINIONS ABOUT RUSSIA
VII WHAT THE IMPERIAL FAMILY THOUGHT ABOUT THE EMPRESS
VIII SORROW AND UNEXPECTED CONSOLATION
IX PHILIPPE AND HIS WORK
X ANNA WYRUBEWA APPEARS ON THE SCENE AND HE SAW HER PASS
XI AND HE SAW HER PASS ...
XII LOVED AT LAST
XIII HE DIED TO SAVE HER HONOR
XIV A NATION IN REVOLT
XV A PROPHET OF GOD
XVI SHE SAW HIM ONCE MORE
XVII MY SON! I MUST SAVE MY SON!
XVIII ANOTHER WAR
XIX MY FATHERLAND, MUST I FORSAKE THEE?
XX IT IS YOUR HUSBAND WHO IS LOSING THE THRONE OF YOUR SON
XXI PEACE, WE MUST HAVE PEACE
XXII THE REMOVAL OF THE "PROPHET"
XXIII ANNA COMES TO THE RESCUE
XXIV YOU MUST BECOME THE EMPRESS
XXV THE NATION WANTS YOUR HEAD
XXVI A CROWN IS LOST
XXVII A PRISONER AFTER HAVING BEEN A QUEEN
XXVIII THE EXILE
CONFESSIONS OF THE CZARINA [Decorative image unavailable.]
by COUNT PAUL-VASSILI Author of “BEHIND THE VEIL AT THE RUSSIAN COURT” “LA SOCIÉTÉ DE BERLIN” ILLUSTRATED [Image of the colophon unavailable.] HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
Confessions of the Czarina —— Copyright, 1918, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America Published April, 1918 D-S