The Romance of the Romanoffs
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Excerpt from The Romance of the RomanoffsWhen we regard the whole history of that au tocracy we begin to understand the tragedy of Russia. We dimly but surely perceive, in the dawn of European history, that amongst the families which wandered through the forests of Europe none were more democratic than, few were as demo cratic as, the early Slavs. We find this great family spread over an area so immense that it is further en couraged to cling to democratic, even communistic, life, and avoid the making of princes or kings. We then find the inevitable military chiefs, not born of the Slav people...
Chapters (21)
- THE ROMANCE of the ROMANOFFS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE ROMANCE OF THE ROMANOFFS
- CHAPTER I THE PRIMITIVE DEMOCRACY OF THE SLAV
- CHAPTER II THE DESCENT TO AUTOCRACY
- CHAPTER III THE MOSCOVITES BECOME TSARS
- CHAPTER IV THE RISE OF THE ROMANOFFS
- CHAPTER V THE EARLY ROMANOFFS
- CHAPTER VI A ROMANOFF PRINCESS
- CHAPTER VII THE GREAT PETER
- CHAPTER VIII CATHERINE THE LITTLE
- CHAPTER IX ROMANCE UPON ROMANCE
- CHAPTER X THE GAY AND PIOUS ELIZABETH
- CHAPTER XI CATHERINE THE GREAT
- CHAPTER XII IN THE DAYS OF NAPOLEON
- CHAPTER XIII THE FIGHT AGAINST LIBERALISM
- CHAPTER XIV THE TRAGEDY OF ALEXANDER II
- CHAPTER XV ENTER POBIEDONOSTSEFF
- CHAPTER XVI THE LAST OF THE ROMANOFFS
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