Table of Contents | |
Section | Page |
Start of eBook | 1 |
THE DAUGHTER OF AN EMPRESS | 1 |
COUNT MUNNICH | 3 |
COUNT OSTERMANN | 8 |
THE NIGHT OF THE CONSPIRACY | 15 |
HOPES DECEIVED | 19 |
THE REGENT ANNA LEOPOLDOWNA | 22 |
THE FAVORITE | 24 |
NO LOVE | 29 |
PRINCESS ELIZABETH | 35 |
A CONSPIRACY | 42 |
THE WARNING | 47 |
THE COURT BALL | 51 |
THE PENCIL-SKETCH | 58 |
THE REVOLUTION | 64 |
THE SLEEP OF INNOCENCE | 70 |
THE RECOMPENSING | 72 |
PUNISHMENT | 78 |
THE PALACE OF THE EMPRESS | 85 |
ELEONORE LAPUSCHKIN | 90 |
A WEDDING | 96 |
SCENES AND PORTRAITS | 99 |
PRINCES ALSO MUST DIE | 103 |
THE CHARMED GARDEN | 106 |
THE LETTERS | 113 |
DIPLOMATIC QUARRELS | 117 |
THE FISH FEUD | 125 |
POPE GANGANELLI (CLEMENT XIV) | 130 |
THE POPE’S RECREATION HOUR | 136 |
A DEATH-SENTENCE | 142 |
THE FESTIVAL OF CARDINAL BERNIS | 146 |
THE IMPROVISATRICE | 152 |
THE DEPARTURE | 159 |
AN HONEST BETRAYER | 164 |
ALEXIS ORLOFF | 169 |
CORILLA | 172 |
THE HOLY CHAFFERERS | 177 |
SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI | 181 |
THE VAPO | 182 |
THE INVASION | 187 |
INTRIGUES | 194 |
THE DOOMING LETTER | 197 |
THE RUSSIAN OFFICER | 204 |
ANTICIPATION | 209 |
HE! | 212 |
THE WARNING | 216 |
THE RUSSIAN FLEET | 224 |
CONCLUSION | 228 |