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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi

I. MY FIRST LESSONS AT THE COURT (AUTUMN, 1905) 17

II. ALEXIS NICOLAÏEVITCH--VISITS TO THE CRIMEA (AUTUMN, 1911, AND SPRING, 1912)--SPALA (AUTUMN, 1912) 25

III. I BEGIN MY DUTIES AS TUTOR--THE CZAREVITCH’S ILLNESS (AUTUMN, 1913) 37

IV. THE CZARINA, ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA 47

V. RASPUTIN 59

VI. LIFE AT TSARSKOÏE-SELO--MY PUPILS (THE WINTER OF 1913-14) 69

VII. THE INFLUENCE OF RASPUTIN--MADAME WYROUBOVA--MY TUTORIAL TROUBLES (WINTER OF 1913) 81

VIII. JOURNEYS TO THE CRIMEA AND RUMANIA--PRESIDENT POINCARÉ’S VISIT--DECLARATION OF WAR BY GERMANY (APRIL-JULY, 1914) 91

IX. THE IMPERIAL FAMILY IN THE FIRST DAYS OF THE WAR--OUR JOURNEY TO MOSCOW (AUGUST, 1914) 105

X. THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE WAR 121

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) 133

XII. NICHOLAS II. AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF--THE ARRIVAL OF THE CZAREVITCH AT G.H.Q.--VISITS TO THE FRONT (SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER, 1915) 147

XIII. THE CZAR AT THE DUMA--THE CAMPAIGN IN GALICIA--OUR LIFE AT G.H.Q.--GROWING DISAFFECTION IN THE REAR (1916) 161

XIV. POLITICAL TENSION--THE DEATH OF RASPUTIN (DECEMBER, 1916) 177

XV. THE REVOLUTION--THE ABDICATION OF NICHOLAS II. (MARCH, 1917) 187

XVI. THE CZAR NICHOLAS II. 203

XVII. THE REVOLUTION SEEN FROM THE ALEXANDER PALACE--THE CZAR’S RETURN TO TSARSKOÏE-SELO 209

XVIII. FIVE MONTHS’ CAPTIVITY AT TSARSKOÏE-SELO (MARCH-AUGUST, 1917) 221

XIX. OUR CAPTIVITY AT TOBOLSK (AUGUST-DECEMBER, 1917) 239

XX. END OF OUR CAPTIVITY AT TOBOLSK (JANUARY-MAY, 1918) 251

XXI. EKATERINBURG--THE MURDER OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY DURING THE NIGHT OF JULY 16-17TH, 1918 269

XXII. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CRIME ESTABLISHED BY THE ENQUIRY 281