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