The court of the last tsar : pomp, power, and pageantry in the reign of Nicholas II /
King, Greg,1964-
Hoboken : Wiley,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 531-538) and index.
Personages -- The last tsar -- The imperial family -- A rival court -- The Romanovs -- The Russian Court -- Below stairs at the palace -- The military -- The aristocracy -- The Russian Orthodox Church -- Palaces -- The winter palace -- Tsarskoye Selo -- Peterhof -- The Moscow palaces -- Possessions -- Imperial riches -- Fashion at the Russian Court -- Jewelry, regalia, and objets d'art -- Imperial transportation -- Country estates -- Pageantry -- Imperial ceremonies -- An imperial funeral -- An imperial wedding -- The coronation -- The tercentenary -- Imperial balls -- State visits -- The Crimea -- The last season -- Epilogue: July 20, 1914: the beginning of the end.
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918
Romanov, House of.