Behind the veil at the Russian court
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1. Front matter2. CHAPTER I NICHOLAS I. DIES3. CHAPTER II ALEXANDER II. ON THE THRONE4. CHAPTER III ANECDOTES OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY5. CHAPTER IV THE INFLUENCE OF THE GRAND DUCHESS HÉLÈNE PAVLOVNA6. CHAPTER V THE REFORMS OF ALEXANDER II. AND HIS MINISTERS7. CHAPTER VI THE ADLERBERGS AND THE SCHOUVALOFFS8. CHAPTER VII ST. PETERSBURG BEFORE THE WAR OF 1877-89. CHAPTER VIII THE EASTERN WAR AND AFTERWARDS10. CHAPTER IX THE BERLIN CONGRESS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES11. CHAPTER X ALEXANDER’S LOVE AFFAIRS12. CHAPTER XI ASSASSINATION OF ALEXANDER II.13. CHAPTER XII ALEXANDER III. AND HIS CONSORT14. CHAPTER XIII THE IMPERIAL FAMILY IN 188115. CHAPTER XIV THE FRIENDS AND MINISTERS OF ALEXANDER III.16. CHAPTER XV ALEXANDER III IS CROWNED17. CHAPTER XVI ST. PETERSBURG SOCIETY FROM 1883 TO 189418. CHAPTER XVII THE FOREIGN POLICY OF ALEXANDER III.19. CHAPTER XVIII ALEXANDER’S MINISTERS20. CHAPTER XIX THE POLICE UNDER ALEXANDER III.21. CHAPTER XX THE TRUTH ABOUT BORKY22. CHAPTER XXI LAST DAYS AT LIVADIA23. CHAPTER I FUNERAL AND WEDDING BELLS24. CHAPTER II A CHARACTER SKETCH OF NICHOLAS II.25. CHAPTER III THE EMPRESS ALIX26. CHAPTER IV THE IMPERIAL FAMILY TO-DAY27. CHAPTER V THE ZEMSTVO OF TVER INCIDENT AND WHAT CAME OF IT28. CHAPTER VI THE ENTOURAGE OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS29. CHAPTER VII THE CORONATION OF NICHOLAS II.30. CHAPTER VIII THE SPRINGTIDE OF DISCONTENT31. CHAPTER IX THE WAR WITH JAPAN32. CHAPTER X MUKDEN AND TSUSHIMA33. CHAPTER XI THE BIRTH OF THE TSAREVITCH34. CHAPTER XII THE DEATH OF MADEMOISELLE VIETROFF35. CHAPTER XIII THE BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTION36. CHAPTER XIV PEACE WITH JAPAN; WAR AT HOME37. CHAPTER XV THE FIRST TWO DUMAS38. CHAPTER XVI THE CAREER OF M. STOLYPIN39. CHAPTER XVII A CHARACTER SKETCH OF M. KOKOVTSOV40. CHAPTER XVIII THE FOREIGN OFFICE UNDER NICHOLAS II.41. CHAPTER XIX ST. PETERSBURG SOCIETY AT THE PRESENT DAY42. CHAPTER XX THE EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA AND HER CHILDREN43. CHAPTER XXI THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF A DYNASTY