The Princess Tarakanova: A Dark Chapter of Russian History
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Princess Tarakanova was a pretender to the Russian throne. She styled herself, among other names, Princess of Vladimir, Fräulein Frank, and Madame Trémouille.Tarakanova claimed to be the daughter of Alexei Razumovsky and Elizabeth of Russia, reared in Saint Petersburg. Even her place of birth, however, is not certain, and her real name is not known. She is known to have traveled to several cities in Western Europe; she became a mistress of Philipp Ferdinand of Limburg Stirum and lived off his money in the hope that the count would marry her.She was eventually arrested in Livorno, Tuscany by Al...
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- PRINCESS TARAKANOVA.
- PART I. DIARY OF LIEUTENANT KONSOV.
- CHAPTER I. TEMPEST-TOSSED.
- CHAPTER II. MY IMPRISONMENT.
- CHAPTER III. IMPORTANT NEWS.
- CHAPTER IV. I SEE THE PRINCESS.
- CHAPTER V. MY INTERVIEW WITH THE PRINCESS.
- CHAPTER VI. THE PRINCESS ASKS ME TO ASSIST HER.
- CHAPTER VII. I CONVEY A LETTER.
- CHAPTER VIII. I DELIVER A LETTER.
- CHAPTER IX. WE WILL BEFRIEND HER.
- CHAPTER X. IS THE COUNT A TRAITOR?
- CHAPTER XI. THE DEPARTURE FROM ROME.
- CHAPTER XII. THE PRINCESS SEEKS MY ADVICE.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE “MARRIAGE.”
- CHAPTER XIV. TREACHERY.
- CHAPTER XV. REMORSE.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE BOTTLE CAST INTO THE SEA.
- PART II. RAVELIN ALEXEEF.
- CHAPTER XVII. EKATERINA AT MOSCOW.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE PRINCESS AT ST. PETERSBURG.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE HISTORIOGRAPHER, MILLER.
- CHAPTER XX. MILLER’S REPLY.
- CHAPTER XXI. ORLOFF AND THE PRINCESS.
- CHAPTER XXII. ORLOFF’S INTERVIEW WITH THE PRINCESS.
- CHAPTER XXIII. ORLOFF AT MOSCOW.
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE PRINCESS WRITES TO THE EMPRESS.
- CHAPTER XXV. FATHER PETER ANDRÉEF.
- CHAPTER XXVI. THE VISITORS’ QUEST.
- CHAPTER XXVII. A LATE VISITOR.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. BAPTISM.
- CHAPTER XXIX. CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION.
- CHAPTER XXX. “WHAT IF THE CAPTIVE BE INNOCENT?”
- CHAPTER XXXI. RELEASE.
- CHAPTER XXXII. “A ROSE AND A MYRTLE.”
- CHAPTER XXXIII. PAVEL PETROVITCH AND THE ENCHANTER.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. A MYRTLE LEAF.
- CHAPTER XXXV. FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER.
- FOOTNOTES
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