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Language: English. 312 pagess

The return of an old favourite . . . the first English language edition of this book was published in 1923. This new edition is available in hard cover, paperback and eBook/Kindle editions. This popular classic is available in hard cover for the first time in more than 30 years!

Due to her privileged position at the Court of the last Russian Tsar, and her close association to the Imperial Family, Anna Vyrubova’s memoirs are a must read for those who share a special interest in Emperor Nicholas II and his family.

From the summer of 1905 on, Anna Vyrubova centered her life on the Empress Alexandra and became a part of the Tsar’s family. In order to be closer to the family, Anna moved into a summer home at Tsarskoye Selo, a short walk from the Alexander Palace, her telephone was connected directly to the palace switchboard.

Her memories provide a rare look into the private world of the Imperial Family, sharing many intimate details and personal impressions of the Russian Imperial Court. Anna shared their holidays, and sailed with them on the Imperial Yacht ‘Standart‘ to the Finnish islands and Livadia in Crimea.

PHOTO: in happier times . . . Anna enjoying a cup of tea/coffee with
the Imperial Family, outside the Tennis House at Livadia, Crimea. 1914

Anna also tells about her relationship with Grigorii Rasputin, her arrest and imprisonment in the notorious Trubetskoy Bastion Prison, situated in the Peter and Paul Fortress in Petrograd, her interrogation and subsequent escape from certain death by the Bolsheviks.

In 1920 Anna fled to Finland with her mother and lived quietly in Vyborg. There she wrote these remarkable memoirs which offer a unique eyewitness testimony of the life and character of Empress Alexandra, Emperor Nicholas II and their five children. Vyrubova describes a diverse array of incidents in the life of the Imperial family which collectively attest to the sincere and loving nature of the often misunderstood Empress.

Anna took vows as a Russian Orthodox nun but was permitted to live in a private home because of her physical disabilities. She died in 1964 at the age of 80, in Helsinki, where her grave is located in the Orthodox section of Hietaniemi cemetery.

© Paul Gilbert. 11 February 2025