Thirteen years at the Russian court / (a personal record of the last years and death of the Czar Nicholas II. and his family)

A former tutor to the imperial children offers a personal memoir of life at the late imperial court, describing daily routines, lessons, family interactions, and the heir's serious illness that shaped the final years of rule. He traces court dynamics, the emergence of a controversial spiritual adviser, and the growing political unrest that led to the family's house arrest and eventual captivity. Interweaving intimate incidents, reflections on the family's faith and dignity, and eyewitness accounts of their constrained final months, the narrative aims to correct misconceptions and to present an eyewitness chronicle of the collapse of the household and the tragic end suffered in captivity.