Paul Gilbert (retired) in his home office/library
In August 2021, I began publishing books through AMAZON in hardcover, paperback and eBook editions. This includes new titles, translations, reprints of out of print memoirs and old favourites, and unfinished titles, from my years as an independent publisher (1994-2021).
AMAZON does all the printing, packaging and distribution of all of the titles, which allows me to continue researching and writing new works in my retirement.
In order to make these titles affordable to all, I have kept the price of each title at a minimum. The large sized hardcover and colour titles cost more to produce, therefore they are priced higher. I earn a small royalty from the sale of each book sold, which will help supplement my monthly government pension.
Although I retired from both publishing and bookselling in October 2021, I will continue to research and write about the life and reign of Emperor Nicholas II and his family. This new publishing project with AMAZON has already proven to be of great assistance to me in my personal mission to clear the name of Russia’s much slandered Tsar.
I have published more than 50 titles to date through AMAZON – with many additional titles planned. These include both new titles and those which have been out of print for many years. Please review my current catalogue below – which will be updated regularly. Listings provide a full description for each title, pricing and a Look inside feature.
If you have any questions, please contact me by e-mail royalrussia@yahoo.com
PAUL GILBERT
NOTE: this page was last updated on 1st December 2025
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English. Large format 8-1/2″ x 11-1/2″. 132 pages. 124 Black & White photos
The No. 16 Winter 2026 issue of SOVEREIGN features 28 articles about Russia’s last Tsar, his family, the Romanov dynasty and the history of Imperial Russia. These articles have been researched and written by independent historian and author Paul Gilbert. His works are based on new research from Russian archival and media sources.
Please note, that this issue features 3 articles written by Russian historians (see list below). These articles have been translated and published in English for the first time.
In an effort to preserve his 30+ years of research, the author has reproduced a selection of the more than 950 articles he has written for his blog. They are made available in a printed format for the first time. The author has updated many of the articles in this issue with additional information and photos. In addition, this issue features one new First English translation.
The No. 15 issue features the following 28 articles:
[1] Nicholas II’s visits to the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent in Moscow – 1912, 1913 and 1914
[2] 25th anniversary of the canonization of Nicholas II by the Moscow Patriarchate
[3] Empress Alexandra Feodorovna’s photo album sells at St. Petersburg auction
[4] Lord Mountbatten’s letter regarding Anna Anderson
[5] Monument to Nicholas II and his family to be installed in Mogilev
[6] New monument to Nicholas II installed in Krasnodar
[7] The fate of the kokshniks presented to OTMA in Kostroma (1913)
[8] Divine Liturgy for the Imperial Family performed in the Winter Palace
[9] Thousands of items at Pavlovsk, have not been return to the Alexander Palace
[10] Faithful to the End: Prince Vasily Alexandrovich Dolgorukov
[11] The Great Imperial Crown Of the Russian Empire
[12] The Imperial Legacy of Carl Fabergé (1846-1920)
[13] In 2007, General Wrangel’s grandson decrid Bolshevism, Lenin and Stalin
[14] Nicholas II wanted reforms, Lenin wanted recolutions: who was right?
[15] Obituary: Maria Dmitrievna Ivanova-Tatishcheva (1930-2025)
[16] Tsar’s Days in Ekaterinburg 16/17 July 2025
[17] Chinese Theater at Tsarskoye Selo to be restored
[18] State Halls in the Alexander Palace reopened after restoration
[19] The marriage that shocked The Russian Empire
[20] The fate of four faithful retainers of the Imperial Family
[21] Nicholas II visits the Iverskaya Chapel in Moscow
[22] “They did not betray their oath” —The fate of the generals who reamained loyal to Nicholas II
[23] Nicholas II’s menu: culinary preferences of Russia’s last Tsar
[24] Carpet from Governor’s House in Tobolsk preserved in United States ,museum
[25] Russia honours the Romanovs
SPECIAL TO THIS ISSUE OF SOVEREIGN
[26] Confession of a regicide Pyotr Ermakov’s deathbed confession 1952
[27] Trotsky’s version of the murder of the Imperial Family
[28] Attempts at Church Reform bythe Holy Emperor Nicholas IIAL TO THIS ISSUE OF
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English. Large format 8-1/2″ x 11-1/2″. 130 pages. 131 Black & White photos
The No. 15 Summer 2025 issue of SOVEREIGN features more than 20 articles about Russia’s last Tsar, his family, the Romanov dynasty and the history of Imperial Russia. These articles have been researched and written by independent historian and author Paul Gilbert. His works are based on new research from Russian archival and media sources.
In an effort to preserve his 30+ years of research, the author has reproduced a selection of the nearly 900 articles he has written for his blog. They are made available in a printed format for the first time. The author has updated many of the articles in this issue with additional information and photos. In addition, this issue features one new First English translation.
The No. 15 issue features the following 23 articles:
[1] Film Review: Nicholas and Alexandra
[2] Smoking: the Tsar’s bad habit
[3] St. Catherine’s Chapel. The Final Resting Place of Nicholas II
[4] What were Lenin’s plans on Nicholas II’s fate?
[5] The “Imperial Palace” of Emperor Nicholas II in Paris – October 1896
[6] The hidden wealth of the Bolshevik devil Yakov Sverdlov
[7] In 1897 Nicholas II approved the Winter Palace to be painted red
[8] Romanov archives of Charles Sydney Gibbes
[9] The Tsar’s Railway Pavilion in Nizhny Novgorod
[10] Ministers of Foreign Affairs During the Reign of Nicholas II
[11] Nicholas II’s little known third brother: Alexander (1869-1870)
[12] Nicholas II’s Diaries 1894-1918
[13] God, Save the Tsar! Боже, Царя храни!
[14] Emperor Nicholas II Foundation Marks 4th Anniversary
[15] Serov Portrait of Nicholas II to be exhibited in London
[16] Faithful to the Tsar and His Family: Pierre Gilliard (1879-1962)
[17] Portrait of Nicholas II returned to Russia from America
[18] What is Nicholas II’s correct date of birth?
[19] New museum dedicated to Nicholas II and his family opens in Pskov region
[20] Reconstruction of the Imperial Train Pavilion at Tsarskoye Selo
[21] The human side of the Tsar
[22] Father Vasiliev: Confessor to the Imperial Family
[23] Obituary: Zurab Konstantinovich Tsereteli (1934-2025)
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English. Large format 8-1/2″ x 11-1/2″. 130 pages. 124 Black & White photos
The No. 14 Winter 2025 issue of SOVEREIGN features articles about Russia’s last Tsar, his family, the Romanov dynasty and the history of Imperial Russia. These articles have been researched and written by independent historian and author Paul Gilbert. His works are based on new research from Russian archival and media sources.
In an effort to preserve his 30+ years of research, the author has reproduced a selection of the more than 800 articles he has written for his blog in a printed format for the first time. The author has updated many of these articles with additional facts and photos. In addition, this issue features 2 new works translated from Russian, and published in English for the first time.
The No. 14 issue features the following 18 articles:
[1] 120th anniversary of Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich’s baptism
[2] 130th anniversary Nicholas II ascension to the throne
[3] 130th anniversary of the wedding of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna
[4] Protecting the Tsar
[5] Nicholas II attends consecration of monument to his father in Moscow, 1912
[6] Monuments of Nicholas II and his family in and around Ekaterinburg
[7] Redevelopment of the Russian Imperial Navy During the Reign of Nicholas II
[8] The myth of hunger during the reign of Nicholas II
[9] The fate of Nicholas II favourite motorcar
[10] Emperor Nicholas II and King Edward VII Meet at Reval,1908
[11] Queen Elizabeth II receives Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, 1959
[12] Telephones in the Alexander Palace during the reign of Nicholas II
[13] How British Intelligence tried to get Nicholas II out of Russia
[14] “The daughters were wearing diamond shields” – Yakov Yurovsky
[15] Nicholas II and his canine companions
[16] Those who served the Tsar: Vladimir Voeikov (1868-1947)
[17] A typical work day for Nicholas II
[18] Tsar Nicholas II Men’s Choir
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English. Large format 8-1/2″ x 11-1/2″. 130 pages. 132 Black & White photos
The No. 13 Summer 2024 issue of SOVEREIGN, features 20 articles about Russia’s last Tsar, his family, the Romanov dynasty and the history of Imperial Russia. These articles have been researched and written by independent historian and author Paul Gilbert. His works are based on new research from Russian archival and media sources.
In an effort to preserve his 30+ years of hard work, the author has reproduced a selection of the nearly 800 articles he has written for his blog in a printed format for the first time. The author has updated many of these articles with new facts and photos. In addition, this issue includes new works translated from Russian, and published in English for the first time.
The No. 13 issue, features 20 articles, richly illustrated with more than 130 photographs, English text. Many of the following articles have been reproduced from the author’s blog, and presented in a printed format for the very first time:
[1] Imperial Yacht Standart: Nicholas II’s palace on the sea
[2] The Soviet Navy’s use of the Imperial Yacht Standart during the Great Patriotic War
[3] Nicholas II, Wilhelm II and the 1905 Treaty of Bjorkö
[4] Traitors or Heroes? Nicholas II’s officers During the Great Patriotic War 1941-45
[5] Lost architectural monuments of the Moscow Kremlin
[6] Nicholas II attends opening of a sanatorium in Alupka, 1913
[7] Nicholas II and the Boy Scout Movement in Russia
[8] Update on the restoration of the Imperial Railway Pavilion at Tsarskoye Selo
[9] Healthcare reform under Nicholas II
[10] “Judge not, lest ye be judged” —In defence of the last Russian Empress
[11] The Veneration of Tsar-Martyr Nicholas II
[12] Nicholas II’s personal battle with typhoid in 1900
[13] Nicholas II records his memories of Pascha (Easter)
[14] On this day – 26th (O.S. 13th) April 1918 Nicholas II makes his final journey
[15] Nicholas II’s grave was an “open secret” in 1920s Soviet Russia
[16] Two new bust-monuments of Nicholas II Installed in Russia
[17] The Imperial Route: In the Footsteps of Nicholas II
[18] The myth that Nicholas II’s death was met with indifference by the Russian people
[19] The Romanovs in the Urals Ekaterinburg
[20] Putin’s negative assessment of Nicholas II
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English. Large format 8-1/2″ x 11-1/2″. 130 pages. 114 Black & White photos
I am pleased to offer the first issue of my popular magazine Sovereign: The Life and Reign of Emperor Nicholas II, to be published in 5 years! Sovereign No. 12 – the Winter 2024 issue is now available through AMAZON outlets around the world.
The No. 12 issue, features 17 articles, and richly illustrated with more than 100 photographs, English text. The following articles have been reproduced from my blog, and presented in a printed format for the very first time:
[1] How Boris Yeltsin justified the demolition of the Ipatiev House
[2] Doomed to Resurrection: Is it Possible to Resurrect the Ipatiev House?
[3] The Fate of Nikolai Nikolaevich Ipatiev (1869-1938)
[4] Then they repented of slandering the Tsar . . .
[5] The myth of Nicholas II’s indifference to the Khodynka tragedy
[6] Nicholas II’s Private Apartments In the Winter Palace
[7] Nicholas II, the Union of the Russian People and the Black Hundreds
[8] Imperial Railway Pavilion at Tsarskoye Selo is being restored
[9] The ghost of Anna Anderson continues to haunt us
[10] Nicholas’s national education Project for Russia
[11] The Russian Imperial Award System 1894-1917
[12] How the Orthodox Church supported The overthrow of the monarchy
[13] “There are still many conjectures surrounding the death of Grand Duchess R+Elizabeth”
[14] Lost and found: Romanov family photo album found in Siberia
[15] The Charity of the Holy Tsar Nicholas II
[16] Russia’s last Tsar through Serbian eye
[17] Russia after Putin: Would he restore the monarchy?
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Large 8-1/2″ x 11″ format, 240 pages, featuring
400+ black & white photos
“Keeping the memories of Old Russia alive!”
This second volume of The Lost World of Imperial Russia, features more than 400 additional vintage photographs of architectural gems, people and places of the Russian Empire during the reign of Emperor Nicholas II, between 1894 to 1917. This second volume complements Volume I, which was published in September 2022.
Imperial palaces, palatial mansions, seaside villas, suburban dachas, churches, government buildings, all of which reflect a variety of architectural styles, and many which reflect Imperial Russia itself are featured. In addition, are photographs depicting daily life, social activities, life in the Russian Imperial Army and Navy, and much more.
Like Volume One, this second volume is a photographic record of a lost world, one of great historical value in our understanding and appreciation of the Russian Empire during the reign of Russia’s last Tsar.
Volume II is available in both hard cover and paperback editions, 240 pages, richly illustrated with more than 400 vintage black and white photos! AVAILABLE exclusively from AMAZON.
*This title is available from AMAZON in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia,
France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and Japan
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Large 8-1/2″ x 11″ format, 242 pages, featuring
400+ black & white photos
BOOK DESCRIPTION
This richly illustrated pictorial is a celebration of the beauty and splendour of a lost world: Imperial Russia during the reign of Emperor Nicholas II, from 1894 to 1917.
More than 400+ black and white photographs showcase Imperial residences, country estates and manor houses, dachas, churches, government buildings, hotels, restaurants, historic events, people and much more.
The Lost World of Imperial Russia, is a remarkable photographic record of one of the world’s greatest empires—one that both attracts and eludes description.
While many of the architectural gems of Imperial Russia have survived to the present day, many others have been lost to history: revolution, civil war, two world wars and 70+ years of Soviet dogma have each taken their toll on Russia’s rich architectural heritage. Many of the photographs in this album remain the only evidence of their existence.
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English. 154 pages, with 46 black and white photos
British author and Romanov historian Coryne Hall presents a miscellany of essays on the Romanov’s and their palaces in five chapters with illustrations.
Learn about the life of Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna the daughter of Emperor Paul I, who became Queen of the Netherlands; explore the history and fate of the Imperial Hunting Palaces at Bialowieza and Spala in Poland; read about the life of Grand Duchess Tatiana Konstantinovna, the first daughter of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich, who took the veil as Mother Tamara, in Switzerland in 1946; the last chapter explores Russia’s relationship with the Kingdom of Siam, King Chulalongkorn, and his son Prince Chakrabongse who who was enrolled in the Corps des Pages in St. Petersburg.
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English. 204 pages, with notes and illustrations
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Little Mother of Russia: A Biography of Empress Marie Feodorovna by Coryne Hall. Since it’s publication in 1999, she has written a number of new articles about Empress Marie Feodorovna and her family based on new research.
These works are presented in DAGMAR, and include chapters on Tsar Alexander III’s Imperial Fishing Lodge in Finland; the friendship of French tutor Ferdinand Thormeyer and Alexander III’s family; Marie’s relationship with her sister the British queen Alexandra; Marie’s fate following the Russian Revolution; her years of exile in Denmark; her death in 1928, and her reburial in Russia in 2006.
In addition is a chapter about her son Emperor Nicholas II’s close relationship with the Kingdom of Denmark and his Danish relatives.
Finally, Coryne Hall provides a fascinating study of Daniah efforts to help members of the Russian Imperial Family in Bolshevik Russia.
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English. 164 pages, 36 black & white photos
Romanov historian and royal expert Coryne Hall writes about the relationships between Emperor Nicholas II with the three British monarchs who ruled during his 22-year reign.
The author has researched the relationships between Russia’s last Tsar with those of Queen Victoria – from 1894 to 1901; King Edward VII – from 1901 to 1910; and King George V – from 1910 to 1917. Her research is complemented with letters, diary entries and photographs.
The four essays presented in this volume were originally published in four successive issues of Sovereign, the semi-annual publication dedicated to the study of the life and reign of Emperor Nicholas II. They are presented here for the first time in one volume.
THIRTEEN YEARS AT THE RUSSIAN COURT
by Pierre Gilliard
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294 pages. With photographs and Notes
Originally published in 1921, this new edition of ‘Thirteen Years at the Russian Court’, features a new 32-page introduction by Romanov historian Paul Gilbert
A Personal Record of the Last Years and Death
of the Emperor Nicholas II. and his Family
Thirteen Years at the Russian Court is a personal record by Pierre Gilliard, a Swiss author and academic who served as the French language tutor to Russian Emperor Nicholas II’s five children.
The book, first published in 1921, offers a unique perspective on the final years of the Romanov dynasty through Gilliard’s personal experiences as a tutor to the August children of Russia’s last Tsar.
The memoir blends historical narrative with personal eye-witness anecdotes, providing an intimate look into the opulence and decline of Imperial Russia. Gilliard’s recollections are not merely memoirs but vital historical documents that bridge the gap between the glamour of Court life and the impending doom of a centuries-old regime.
Gilliard’s memoir serves as an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Russia’s last Tsar, Russian history, monarchy, or the complexities of life at the Russian Imperial Court during the early 20th century.
MEMORIES OF RUSSIA 1916-1919
by Princess Olga Paley
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Princess Olga Valerianovna Paley (1865-1929) was the morganatic second wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich (1860-1919). In these memoirs, Princess Paley shares her first-hand account of the times of the Russian Revolution which she experienced painfully. She tells of the last happy days during World War One, the many trials and humiliations her husband and their family were put through, her son’s and her husband’s imprisonment and their subsequent murders by the Bolsheviks. She fled Russia with her two daughters, first to Finland, then to Paris, where she died in 1929.
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Language: English. 204 pages. More than 70 black and white photos
This is the first English language study of Anna Alexandrovna Vyrubova (1884-1964), the famous lady-in-waiting to Russia’s last empress Alexandra Feodorovna, and devoted adherent of Grigorii Rasputin. She was known within the Imperial Family as “Anya”.
This new book features 7 chapters covering a wide variety of topics: the story of Anna’s life; a moral portrait of her memoirs – published in the 1920s and forgeries published – as a means to discredit her – during the Soviet years; Anna’s house in Tsarskoye Selo; a 1917 interview with Anna following her imprisonment; her life in exile in Finland and Sweden; the fate of her photo albums and efforts to have her canonized.
Vyrubova died in exile on 20th July 1964, at the age of 80. She was buried in the Orthodox section of Hietaniemi cemetery in Helsinki.
This volume features more than 70 black and white photographs, including images of her siblings, Anna in her wedding dress and rare photos of her life in exile in Finland.
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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.
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.
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Language: English. 322 pages
Following the October 1917 Revolution, many of those who served at the Imperial Court were able to flee Bolshevik Russia to a new life abroad. Amonth them was General Alexander Mossolov, whose memoirs have been out of print for years, are once again available in a new paperback editions.
General Alexander Mossolov, was head of the Court Chancellery from 1900 to 1916. His memoirs, published in 1935, are an important historical record on Russia’s last tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra Feodorovna, their children, their relatives and their Court during those sixteen years.
Mossolov was impressed by the Tsar’s positive qualities as a faithful, loving husband and father; timid, courteous, even-tempered, thoughtful and affable towards all around him, with ‘an ingrained dislike of argument’, and with a touching concern for the fate of Russian soldiers wounded in wartime.
The Tsarina was very shy, devoid of social skills and with no appetite for ‘society talk’, yet an efficient organizer, particularly with regard to the installation of hospital trains, convalescent homes, and hospitals, and her ability to gather round her persons of ability and energy.
His pen portraits of Count Freedericksz, Minister of the Court, the Tsar’s aunt Maria Pavlovna, Grand Duchess Vladimir, and foreign royalty such as the German Emperor William II, and King Edward VII of England, are equally perceptive.
Mossolov’s memoirs are a kindly testimonial to the sovereign whose reign and life ended in tragedy, but remained to the end a conscientious and well-intentioned man.
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English. Paperback. 308 pages with 70 Black & White photos
This year marks the 106th anniversary of the regicide in Ekaterinburg: the execution of Russia’s last Imperial Family, a heinous crime committed on the morning of 17th July 1918. The murder of God’s anointed, his pious wife, their five precious children and their four faithful retainers, remains one of the darkest pages in 20th century Russian history.
This book presents fourteen studies on this tragic event, eleven of which are based on new documents sourced from Russian archival and media sources over the past decade.
The first part of this book features the complete and unabridged account of a British Intelligence officer and journalist, who was in Ekaterinburg in the summer of 1918. He was one of the first to investigate the regicide, even before that of Nicholas Sokolov’s famous, yet incomplete investigation in 1919. He goes on to write about meeting Yakov Yurovsky, and shares his impressions of the chief executioner of the last Tsar and his family.
The second part features two previously unpublished, first English translations. The first is about those who came to the aid of the Imperial Family during their captivity, including Princess Helen of Serbia and the nuns of the Novo-Tikhvin Monastery. In addition is the testimony of the priest, who perfumed the last sacred service for the Imperial Family, days before their murders.
The third part features eleven chapters which shed light on a number of topics, such as who were the eight faithful retainers who survived the regicide; why did Boris Yeltsin demolish the Ipatiev House in 1977; what about the executioners themselves—who were they, and what were their fates?; plus eight additional chapters.
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English. Paperback. 246 pages with more than 80 Black & White photos
In August 1917, Russia’s last Tsar, his family and their retinue of faithful servants and retainers were exiled to Tobolsk in Siberia, where they were held under house arrest until April 1918.
The seven chapters in this book explore the eight months that the Imperial Family spent in captivity in the former mansion of the regional governor.
This book features the first Enlgish translations of Eugene Kobylinsky’s interrogation and Vasily Pankratov’s recollections, which provide twp very different eye witness accounts of the Tsar and his family.
In addition are chapters on the woman who photographed the Imperial Family in Tobolsk, the fate of the church where they worshipped, and the fate of both the Kornilov and Governor’s Houses.
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English. 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ format. 214 pages. Illustrated
Romanov Relations is a popular multi-volume set of books, each volume offering a collection of both new and out-of-print articles, about the Romanov emperors, empresses, grand dukes and grand duchesses, as well as their descendants.
Volume Three features the following 4 chapters:
(1) The Romanovs in the Caucasus by Marie Tegulle
The bulk of this article focuses on the life and death of Grand Duke George Alexandrovich (1871-1899), the younger brother of Emperor Nicholas II, who – due to health reasons – was forced to live in the Caucasus region of the Russian Empire. He died at the age of 28, at Abbas-Tumani.
(2) Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich: Life and Death of the Tsesarevich (1843-1865) by Emmanuel Fricero
This article (written in 1951) explores the life and death of the eldest son and heir to Emperor Alexander II and Empress Maria Feodorovna. Nicknamed “Nixa”, he was engaged to Princess Dagmar of Denmark (future Empress Maria Feodorovna). During a tour of southern Europe in 1865, he contracted cerebro-spinal meningitis. His health rapidly deteriorated, and he was sent to southern France, where he died on 24th April 1865, at the Villa Bermond in Nice.
(3) Emperor Paul I: Neither Demon nor Saint by Andrew M. Cooperman
For most of the three hundred years since his assassination, Emperor Paul I has either been demonized or canonized by historians. In truth, Paul I was neither demon nor saint, but rather a remarkable man who lived and reigned during an important time in Russia’s history.
(4) The Fate of the Romanovs: The Survivors by Professor Kent Sole and Paul Gilbert
The fate of Russia’s last Imperial Family is well known throughout the world. But what ever became of the other members of the Imperial House of Russia after the Empire was swallowed up by the Bolshevik Revolution? This examination explores the fate of the 53 members of the Russian Imperial Family, who were still alive when Nicholas II abdicated in March 1917.
Romanov Relations will be enjoyed by readers who have an interest in the Romanovs and their legacy, as well as providing a useful reference to writers and historians as they continue to unravel the mysteries and dispel many of the popular held myths surrounding the Romanov dynasty.
ROMANOV RELATIONS: VOLUME II
Compiled and Edited by Paul Gilbert
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In this second volume of Romanov Relations, we learn about several little known members of the Russian Imperial Family, among them are Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna, her father Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaievich, and Grand Dukes Alexis Alexandrovich and Nicholas Mikhailovich.
Paperback edition. 186 pages + 38 black & white photographs
Romanov Relations: Volume I
Compiled and Edited by Paul Gilbert
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Romanov Relations is a multi-volume set of books, with each volume offering a collection of out-of-print articles, about the emperors, empresses, grand dukes and grand duchesses, as well as their descendants. Volume One includes 5 chapters, some of which are divided into numerous sub-chapters.
Paperback edition. 234 pages + 70 black & white photographs
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English. 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ format. 194 pages with 25 photos
This authorized account of Emperor Nicholas II by Major-General Andrei Georgievich Elchaninov (1868-1918), is an unprecedented biography of a living tsar. It was originally published in 1913, to coincide with the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty. The author served as a professor of military art in the General Staff Academy in St. Petersburg, he later served in the suite of Tsar Nicholas II.
Nicholas II reviewed and corrected the proofs himself in January 1913. He made changes to the text, and requested the removal of sentences describing the Tsesarevich Alexei’s illness.
Elchaninov gathered considerable material for the twelve chapters about Nicholas II’s personal life based on observations and impressions. The first chapters describe Russia’s last Tsar as a caring, devoted and loving husband and father. The remaining chapters focus on his relationship with his government, the church, the army, the Russian people, and the policies which he pursued during the first 18 years of his reign.
Written before the First World War and the 1917 Revolution. Elchaninov writes in glowing patriotic language portraying Nicholas II as an indefatigable “Imperial worker” in the service of Russia’s best interests and the “Sovereign father” of the Russian people.
In addition to Elchaninov’s biography on the Tsar, this new edition features an expanded introduction by independent researcher Paul Gilbert, 25 black and white photographs, and three comprehensive appendices: a chronology of events during the reign of Nicholas II (1894-1917); 100 facts about Nicholas II and the many reforms he made during his reign, and a bibliography of more than 100 English language books written over the past century on Russia’s last Tsar.
This book is an excellent resource tool for any one interested in Russia’s last Tsar!
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English. Large 7″ x 10″ format. 162 pages with 132 photos in FULL COLOUR
In 1938, Russia’s last tsar Nicholas II was canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church. On 1st November 1981, he was canonized as a new martyr by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR). On 20th August 2000, after 8 years of study, he was canonized as a passion bearer by the Moscow Patriarchate, although the people had already been venerating him as a saint for a long time, and this canonization was simply a confirmation of a fact that already existed by itself.
Since these historic dates, icons of Russia’s last Tsar have been installed in Orthodox churches across Russia and around the world. In addition home icons have been mass produced and sold for veneration by Orthodox Christians.
This book will not only appeal to Orthodox and non-Orthodox persons, but for any one who shares an interest in icons and iconography. This book also includes a Prayer and Akathist to the Holy Martyred Tsar. The highlight of this book, however, are the 130+ colour photographs of icons, frescoes and holy images depicting the Holy Royal Martyr Nicholas II.
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English. 160 pages with 48 black & white photos
More than a century after her death and martyrdom, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna (1864-1918) remains of one of the most beloved and respected members of the Russian Imperial Family. Affectionately known as Ella, she became famous in Russian society for her dignified beauty and charm, and later for her piety and acts of charity among the poor.
This new book features 7 essays – including 2 researched and written by Paul Gilbert. Read about Ella’s Hessian family; her relationship with her British grandmother Queen Victoria and her sister Alexandra, the last Russian Empress; her life in Imperial Russia; her years a a nun and abbess of her own convent of mercy in Moscow; her arrest, imprisonment and brutal murder; her burial in the Holy Land; her canonization; and how she is commemorated today in post-Soviet Russia.
Learn about her marriage and often misunderstood relationship to Sergei, a Russian grand duke and son of Emperor Alexander II, who from 1891 and 1905 served as Moscow’s Governor-General. Learn why the couple had no children and rumours that Sergei was homosexual. After her husband’s assassination in 1905, Ella departed the Imperial Court and became a nun, founding the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent dedicated to helping the downtrodden of Moscow.
In 1918, Ella was arrested and subsequently murdered by the Bolsheviks near Alapaevsk. In 1981, she was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, and in 1992 by the Moscow Patriarchate.
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English. 242 pages with 225 black & white photos
Aside from his many duties as God’s anointed Emperor and Tsar of All the Russia’s, Nicholas II took on many other roles from one day to the next: a dutiful husband and loving father, a devoted son and brother, a friend, a sportsman, a diplomat, an ambassador, a dedicated military leader, a devout Orthodox Christian, among others.
This richly illustrated pictorial explores the day-to-day duties of Russia’s last monarch. It is divided into six sections: the Tsar and His Family; Sports, Leisure and Holidays; the Tsar and the Church; the Tsar and Russia; the War Years; and the Tsar Under House Arrest. Each section features full-size historic images which reflect his day to day duties and activities. In total, this unique album includes more than 200 photographs from the author’s private collection.
*The publication of this album is timed to coincide with the 155th anniversary of the birth of Emperor Nicholas II on 19th May [O.S. 6th May] 1868 and the 105th anniversary of the death and martyrdom [17th July 1918].
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English. 110 pages, 98 black & white photos
Between 1896-1898 – the Court architect Silvio Danini carried out the reconstruction of the eastern wing of the Alexander Palace, which included the personal apartments of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna.
In addition, he installed the famous L-shaped iron balcony for the Empress, which was accessed via the Maple Drawing Room.
The Empress’s balcony became a favourite setting for taking family photographs, taken by the Empress and her children, all of whom were avid amateur photographers. More than a century later, these iconic images provide us with a rare glimpse into the private world of the Imperial Family.
The photographs presented in this pictorial, have all been selected from the private albums of the Empress and her children, and that of Alexandra’s friend and lady-in-waiting Anna Vyrubova.
The balcony was dismantled between 1947-49, with no plans to restore it. In the meantime, we have to content ourselves with the selection of vintage photographs which have survived to this day, and are presented in this pictorial.
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English. 120 pages, 107 black & white photos
Between 1896-1898 – the Court architect Silvio Danini carried out the reconstruction of the eastern wing of the Alexander Palace, which included the personal apartments of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna.
Among the Empress’s quarters was the Mauve Boudoir, which would become her favourite room. According to legend, the Empress gave Alexnder Meltzer a lilac branch, her favourite flower, so that he could choose the colour scheme for the decoration of the room.
Among the most notable pieces of furniture in this room was a corner chair, which became a popular spot for family photographs, taken by the Empress and her children, all of whom were avid amateur photographers. More than a century later, these iconic images provide us with a rare glimpse into the private world of the Imperial Family.
Like many other rooms in the Alexander Palace, the Mauve Boudoir suffered a sad fate – the decoration and the interior were lost during the Great Patriotic War. The room has since been reconstructed and restored to its original historic look, as has the Empress’s famous chair.
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English. 214 pages, 10 black & white photos
First English translation with introduction and notes by William Lee
NOTE: The first Russian-lanaguage edition of Fabritsky’s memories was published in Berlin in 1926. The first English-language edition of Fabritsky’s memoirs was published in Canada in 2016. This title has been out of print for many years, so I am delighted to offer this new edition.
“The time I spent with Their Majesties – over the course of many years and under varied circumstances – will always be the source of my most precious memories, and I am very happy to be able to share those memories now with a wide public. I hope at least to give an absolutely truthful account of what I saw and heard” – Semyon S. Fabritsky. 1926
Semyon Semyonovich Fabritsky (1874-1941) had a fascinating career during the twilight years of Imperial Russia. He began his naval career in the very first days of the reign of Emperor Nicholas II.
In 1909, Fabritsky was personally appointed Aide-de-Camp by the Emperor himself, a position he served with immense pride and devotion.
During his service to Nicholas II, Fabritsky earned both the trust and friendship of the Emperor. Through his often uninterrupted contact with Russia’s last sovereign and observing him at all hours and under a variety of conditions, Fabritsky was able to form a clear picture of Nicholas II and his family, through his own personal eye-witness observations.
He also served aboard the Imperial yachts, partaking in holidays with the Emperor and his family to the Crimea and the Finnish skerries. He shares interesting details and anecdotes about the Alexandria, Polar Star, and Standart.
This book will also be of great interest to any one with an interest to the Russian Imperial Yachts and the Russian Imperial Navy.
Fabritsky provides great insight to the treachery, cowardice, and deceit which prevailed every where. He acknowledges ministers and generals who were either unworthy of their posts or unfit for them. Sadly, it was these men who surrounded Nicholas II during his 22+ year reign, who contributed to the downfall of monarchy and the destruction of the Russian Empire in 1917.
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English. Large 8-1/2″ x 11″ format, 256 pages, 300+ black & white photos
In this book, you will find more than 130 articles and news stories about exhibitions, new monuments, portraits, polls on Nicholas II’s popularity in post-Soviet Russia, updates on the restoration of the Alexander Palace, events marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Nicholas II and the 100th anniversary of his death and martyrdom, the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ekaterinburg remains and much more.
These articles and news stories were originally published in Sovereign (2015-2020) and Royal Russia (2011-2020). Both of these periodicals are no longer published, the back issues out of print, therefore, I am pleased to offer these important materials in one concise volume. They are complemented with more than 300 black and white photographs, many of which have never been published in any Western newspaper, magazine or book. Each article has been sourced from Russian media and archival sources, and translated into English.
While this collection of articles and news stories, may not appeal to every one, it will prove a valuable research tool for those studying the life and reign of Nicholas II, particularly as he is perceived in modern-day Russia.
THE MURDER OF THE ROMANOVS: THE AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT
by Paul Petrovich Bulygin and Alexander Kerensky
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English. 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ format, 336 pages, illustrated
Bulygin’s memoirs are of great historical importance, providing details of the last days of Emperor Nicholas II and his family, and the investigation into their murder, which continues to this day. Originally published in 1935, this is the first English-language edition in nearly 90 years!
This book falls into two parts: the first by Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky (1881-1970), the second by Captain Paul Petrovich Bulygin (1896-1936). Both Bulygin and Kerensky write from personal experience and eye-witness accounts.
In the first part, Provisional Party leader Alexander Kerensky offers a firsthand account of the events leading to the downfall of the Russian monarchy in February 1917. Kerensky outlines the background, and the steps leading to the regicide. He explains in his own words, his personal impressions of Nicholas II, his family and his entourage. He goes on to discuss why he chose to send the Tsar and his family into exile to Tobolsk. The main body of his memoirs, however, is a first hand account of the murder, of the abortive attempts to forestall it, and attempts to rescue the Imperial Family, told with a fervour and horror that time has failed to erase.
In the second part, Captain Paul Bulygin recalls the last months and death of Emperor Nicholas II and his family. Bulygin, who was a member of the Imperial Guard, reconstructs his role in both an attempt to rescue the Imperial Family, during their captivity in Ekaterinburg, from April to July 1918.
Paul Bulygin served as an officer in the Russian Imperial Army, formerly in command of the personal guard of Nicholas II’s mother the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna. In 1919, he assisted Nikolai Sokolov, in his investigation of their death in Ekaterinburg.
Bulygin argues that the order to murder the Tsar and his family came directly from Lenin.
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In the autumn of 2018, people from nearly a dozen countries gathered in Colchester, England for a conference marking the 150th anniversary of the birth and the 100th anniversary of the death martyrdom of Russia’s last tsar Nicholas II.
Five speakers, including Paul Gilbert, Archpriest Andrew Philips (ROCOR), Nikolai Krasnov, authors Frances Welch and Marilyn Swezey presented seven papers on Nicholas II.
Topics included “A Century of Treason, Cowardice and Lies,” “Why Nicholas II is a Saint in the Russian Orthodox Church,” “Nicholas II and the Sacredness of a Monarchy,” “Nicholas II in Post-Soviet Russia,” and several more.
The original edition of these proceedings published in 2018 is now out of print. This new revised and updated edition of include three additional articles, plus a comprehensive bibliography featuring more than 100 English-language titles on the life, reign and era of Russia’s much slandered Tsar.
Large format 8-1/2″ x 11″ hard cover and paperback editions, 136 pages +50 COLOUR and black & white photos
TSAR’S DAYS: JOURNEY TO EKATERINBURG
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On 17th July 2018, independent researcher and writer Paul Gilbert travelled to Ekaterinburg, to take part in the events marking the 100th anniversary of the Tsar’s death and martyrdom.
In his own words and photographs, the author shares his experiences and impressions of this historic event, which include visits to the Church on the Blood, Ganina Yama, Porosenkov Log, the Patriarchal Liturgy, exhibitions, and much more.
Gilbert’s solemn journey to the Urals allowed him to experience history in the making, and to honour the memory of the Holy Royal Martyrs, a century after their death and martyrdom.
Large format 8-1/2″ x 11″ hard cover and paperback editions, 152 pages + 200 COLOUR PHOTOS, 65 of which were taken by the author.
KOSTYA: GRAND DUKE KONSTANTIN KONSTANTINOVICH
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This is the first English language publication, dedicated to one of the most beloved and highly respected members of the Romanov dynasty: Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich (1858-1915).
The Introduction by independent researcher Paul Gilbert, explores Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich’s moral struggle with homosexuality, and the little-known attempt by the Bolsheviks in the 1920s, to plunder the grand duke’s tomb, located in the Grand Ducal Mausoleum of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg.
Also featured are first English translations of biographical studies of Grand Duke Konstantin, by two prominent Russian Romanov historians: Chief Curator of Pavlovsk Palace Alexei Guzanov and author and lecturer Zoia Beliakova.
In addition, are the memories of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich, written by two of his children: Prince Gabriel (1887–1955) and Princess Vera (1906-2001), both of whom died in exile.
Paperback edition, with 142 pages + 36 black & white photographs
NICHOLAS II: RUSSIA’S LAST ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN MONARCH
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This book is not only for Orthodox and non-Orthodox persons, but for any one who shares an interest in the life, death, and martyrdom of the Holy Tsar-Martyr Nicholas II.
An illustrated Introduction by independent researcher Paul Gilbert explores the piety of Nicholas II, and his devotion to the Russian Orthodox Church, which reached its fullest development and power, during his 22-year reign.
This book further examines the trials and tribulations the Tsar endured, which later led to his canonization by the Russian Orthodox Church.
Paperback edition, with 134 pages + 23 black & white photographs
RUSSIA’S TREASURE OF DIAMONDS AND PRECIOUS STONES
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Also known as the Fersman Catalogue, this book documents the Romanov jewels seized from the Imperial Family in 1917. The Bolshevik government attempted to sell them in the 1920s, with only limited success. Originally published as a four-part folio in 1925, this highly sought after historic record is now available in a book format [both hardcover and paperback editions] for the very first time.
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NICHOLAS II. PORTRAITS
by Paul Gilbert
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Nicholas II. Portraits explores a century of portraits of Russia’s last emperor and tsar, through the eyes of pre-revolutionary and contemporary Russian, and foreign artists.
Originally published in 2019, with 140 pages with 175 black and white photos, this new expanded edition features more pages and more photographs: 180 pages + more than 200 photos, including 185 FULL COLOUR and 30 black & white! The colour photographs really bring the many ceremonial portraits of Nicholas II to life.
In addition, are many portraits painted during his reign by both Russian and foreign artists, as well as those by contemporary Russian artists. My book also features a small section of portraits of the Tsar with his family.
Large format 8-1/2″ x 11″ hard cover and paperback editions, with 178 pages + richly illustrated with more than 200 Colour and black & white photographs
THE CORONATION OF TSAR NICHOLAS II
Compiled and Edited by Paul Gilbert
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Six eyewitness accounts of the crowning of Russia’s last tsar with more than 200 rare vintage photographs & illustrations
The pomp and pageantry surrounding the Coronation of Nicholas II is told through the eye-witness accounts of six people who attended this historic event at Moscow, held over a three week period from 6th (O.S.) to 26th (O.S.) May 1896.
Hard cover and paperback editions, with 456 pages + more than 200 black & white photographs
LAST YEARS OF THE COURT AT TSARSKOE SELO – 2 Volumes
by Alexander Spiridovitch
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Originally published in French in 1928, this is the FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION of both volumes – a MUST read for any one interested in the life and reign of Emperor Nicholas II.
Alexander Ivanovich Spiridovitch (1873-1952) was handpicked by Emperor Nicholas II to serve as his personal security chief from 1906-1916. He was also responsible for the security of the tsar’s residences.
Volume I – 1906-1910, with 458 pages + 59 black & white photographs
Volume II – 1910-1914, with 480 pages + 65 black & white photographs
LOST SPLENDOR
by Prince Felix Youssoupoff
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An astonishing memoir brings you deep inside the world of majesty and intrigue at the end of the Romanov dynasty. Here is an extraordinary personal history which has all the excitement of a thriller—and is also important in the history of one of the greatest events of modern times.
Paperback edition, with 370 pages + 29 black & white photographs
BONES OF CONTENTION:
The Russian Orthodox Church & the Ekaterinburg Remains
by Paul Gilbert
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Originally published in 2020, this NEW REVISED & EXPANDED EDITION features an additional 40 pages, new chapters and 90 black and white photos.
In May 2022, the Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, will convene in Moscow during which they will review the findings of the Investigative Commission and deliver their verdict on the authenticity of the Ekaterinburg Remains.
This is the first English language title to explore the position the highly contentious issue of the Russian Orthodox Church’s position on the Ekaterinburg remains. The author’s research for this book is based exclusively on documents from the office of the Moscow Patriarchate, as well as Russian media and archival sources.
Paperback edition. 206 pages. + 90 black & white photographs
MEMORIES IN THE MARBLE PALACE
by Prince of the Imperial Blood Gabriel Constantinovich
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FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION of the memoirs of Prince Gabriel Constantinovich (1887-1955), the second son of the Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich. This is the story of a member of the Romanov dynasty who lived to tell his story of life at the Russian Imperial Court, in its twilight years before the First World War.
Paperback edition. 338 pages. Illustrated
DEAREST MAMA . . . DARLING NICKY:
Letters Between Emperor Nicholas II and His Mother Empress Maria Feodorovna 1879-1917
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Written between the years 1879, when Nicky was a little boy, and 1917, after his abdication, this collection of more than 200 letters are a revelation of the personalities of the Emperor and his Empress mother. They were never part of the imperial archives but the cherished possession of both correspondents, carried with them wherever they went. At the outbreak of the revolution, the letters were confiscated by the Soviets.
Paperback edition. 246 pages.
VERA: Princess of the Imperial Blood Vera Konstantinovna
Compiled and Edited by Paul Gilbert
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Princess Vera (1906- 2001), was the youngest child of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich. By the time she fled Bolshevik Russia in October 1918, she had already lost half of her family. Vera was the only Romanov who remembered pre-revolutionary life and her legendary relatives, including Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna [her god-mother], and was a playmate to their younger children. Princess Vera died on 11 January 2001, at the age of 95.
Paperback edition. 148 pages + 75 black & white photographs
Petrograd: The City of Trouble, 1914-1918
by Meriel Buchanan
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A compelling first-person account by the daughter of the British Ambassador to Imperial Russia Sir George Buchanan, who provides a lively and accurate account of the 1917 Revolution, and the terror and horror the new Bolshevik order had on the Russian people.
Paperback edition. 202 pages.
Emperor Nicholas II As I Knew Him
by Sir John Hanbury Williams
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In this compelling and intimate series of diary entries, originally published in 1922, Major-General Sir John Hanbury-Williams (1859-1946) depicts Nicholas II “not as history knows him, but as he knew him.”
Paperback edition. 196 pages.
MISHA: GRAND DUKE MICHAEL ALEXANDROVICH
Compiled and Edited by Paul Gilbert
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This book explores the milestones in the life of Grand Duke Michael in a series of essays by four distinct authors, and complemented with 50 black and white photographs.
Paperback edition. 136 pages + 50 black & white photographs
MEMOIRS OF THE PAGES TO TSAR NICHOLAS II
by Dr. Thomas E. Berry
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The young men of the Corps des Pages, served Nicholas II and his family. This collection of 18 memoirs give eyewitness accounts of weddings, baptisms, Court functions and other events at the Imperial Court between 1894-1917. The last part of the book is devoted to the sad events of the Revolution and the end of the Corps des Pages.
Hardcover and Paperback editions. 258 pages
THE REAL TSARITSA
by Lili Dehn
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Rumour was busy in her lifetime with amazing tales about late Empress Alexandra; how much or little truth lay behind such rumours was known only to her few closest friends, and one of the few was Lili Dehn (1888-1963).
Her study of the Empress’s personality, habits, views, life as she led it, is intimate and illuminating. Lili Dehn was the first person to whom the Empress came with the news of the Tsar’s abdication, and she witnessed his return after that supreme humiliation.
There are dramatic elements in the narrative of the early days of the Revolution; life at Tsarskoye Selo while the Tsar and his family were under arrest; and in the record of the writer’s own imprisonment and adventurous escape.
Paperback and eBook editions. 231 pages
LADIES OF THE RUSSIAN COURT
by Meriel Buchanan
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The daughter of Sir George Buchanan (1854-1924), British Ambassador at St. Petersburg in the First World War, lived among the Russian Imperial Court amid the fading glories of an age now past.
The stories which make up these six portraits—an empress, four grand duchesses and a princess—are drawn from her own memories, stories of women whose lives were lived in the bright light that shines on royalty, many of whom she knew in their everyday existence.
Paperback and eBook editions. 164 pages
LAST DAYS AT TSARSKOE SELO
by Count Paul Benckendorff
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Count Paul Benckendorff (1853-1921), belonged to the closest circle of Emperor Nicholas II. Following the collapse of the monarchy in 1917, Benkendorff and his wife shared the captivity of the Imperial Family at Tsarskoye Selo.
Benkendorff’s narrative provides a detailed eye-witness account of the Tsar’s abdication, his transfer to Tsarskoe Selo and his daily life in the Alexander Palace, where he was held under house arrest from February to August 1917.
Throughout his memoirs, Benckendorff characterizes Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra Feodorovna as courageous, gracious, and poised despite their obvious concern for their family.
Due to his age and poor health, Benckendorff was unable to follow the Emperor and his Imperial Family’s into exile to Tobolsk. One of the very few who were faithful, he parted with his Sovereign for the last time on 14th (O.S. 1st) August 1917.
Paperback and eBook editions. 168 pages + 40 black & white photographs
SIX YEARS AT THE RUSSIAN COURT
by Margaretta Eagar
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Born in Ireland, Margaretta Eagar had been selected in 1898 by the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna to take charge of her four daughters. By 1904, she had taken on the roles as nanny, nurse, and friend to the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Marie and Anastasia, all of whom she loved dearly.
This new expanded edition includes two new chapters by the author, both published in 1909, as well as an comprehensive introduction by Romanov historian Charlotte Zeepvat, which includes previously unpublished material, including letters from the State Archives of the Russian Federation.
Paperback edition. 168 pages + 50 black & white photographs
THE LAST DAYS OF THE ROMANOVS
by George Sustav Telberg and Robert Wilton
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Originally published in 1920, this is the complete, shocking story of how, and why, the Soviet secret police massacred Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their five children. Dramatic yet meticulous account by a veteran British journalist and historian, based on the official on-site inquest of Russian investigator Nikolai Sokolov – the most thorough ever conducted at the time. As special correspondent in Russia for The London Times during the years of revolution and civil war, the author writes with authority and rare candour. He forthrightly assigns responsibility for the historic crime.
This highly regarded book considers in detail the downfall of the Russian Imperial family, and the authors have drawn upon depositions and eyewitness testimony of those who were close to these historic events. The narrative follows the Romanovs to their deaths, ordered by Lenin, in a Ekaterinburg cellar, so preventing the Tsar becoming a figure for the White Russians to rally around. An essential and recommended work for any student of the fall of monarchy, Russian involvement in the Great War and the rise of Bolshevism.
Paperback edition. 339 pages
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