CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEIMy Appointment11IIThe First Months of the Czarina’s Married Life20IIIBirth of Grand Duchess Olga33IVThe Coronation46VVisits Abroad59VIThe Grand Duchess Elizabeth72VIIThe Czarina’s Family Relations82VIIILife at Czarskoi Selo94IXThe Court and Attendants of the Czarina105XThe Czarina andSt.Petersburg Society117XIThe Czarina and Her Mother-in-Law129XIIThe Czarina’s Daily Occupations141XIIIThe Japanese War and the Birth of the Czarevitsch152XIVThe Czarina, Her Children and Her Charities164XVThe First Revolution176XVIThe Czarina’s Friends188XVIIThe Great War200XVIIIDisasters and the Second Revolution211XIXHow the Czarina Was Arrested222XXLife in Prison236XXIExile—I Am Dismissed249