 The Court of the Last Tsar: Pomp, Power and Pageantry in the Reign of Nicholas II
ISBN: 978-0-471-72763-7
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576 pages
March 2006
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Introduction.
Prologue: St. Petersburg.
PART ONE: PERSONAGES.
1. The Last Tsar.
2. The Imperial Family.
3. A Rival Court.
4. The Romanovs.
5. The Russian Court.
6. Below Stairs at the Palace.
7. The Military.
8. The Aristocracy.
9. The Russian Orthodox Church.
PART TWO: PALACES.
10. The Winter Palace.
11. Tsarskoye Selo.
12. Peterhof.
13. The Moscow Palaces.
PART THREE: POSSESSIONS.
14. Imperial Riches.
15. Fashion at the Russian Court.
16. Jewelry, Regalia, and Objets d’art.
17. Imperial Transportation.
18. Country Estates.
PART FOUR: PAGEANTRY.
19. Imperial Ceremonies.
20. An Imperial Funeral.
21. An Imperial Wedding.
22. The Coronation.
23. The Tercentenary.
PART FIVE: PLEASURES.
24. Imperial Balls.
25. State Visits.
26. The Crimea.
27. The Last Season.
Epilogue: July 20, 1914: The Beginning of the End.
Acknowledgments.
Appendix A: Family Tree of Nicholas I.
Appendix B: Organizational Chart of the Russian Imperial Court.
Appendix C: The Imperial Court in 1914.
Appendix D: Palace Floor Plans.
Appendix E: Maps of the Imperial Estates.
Appendix F: Map of St. Petersburg.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
