An Englishman in the Court of the Tsar
Subtitle: The Spiritual Journey of Charles Sydney Gibbes
Publisher: Conciliar Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Ben Lomond, California
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781888212198
Subjects: Biography: general; Orthodox Churches; Russia; Historical - General; Educators; Religion; Biography / Autobiography; History: World; Nicholas II, 1894-1917; History; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Christianity - Orthodox Churches; Christianity - Orthodox; 1876-1963; Gibbes, Charles Sydney,
First sentence: When Charles Sydney Gibbes stepped out through the doors of St. John's College, Cambridge, he immediately found himself standing on another threshold.
Description: A biography of Sydney Gibbes (1876-1963), English Language and Literature tutor to the children of Nicholas II and Alexandra Fedorovna. He was later ordained priest in the Russian Orthodox Church and, on his return to the UK, established a church in Oxford.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 3; title: Preface
pagenum: 5; label: 1
title: Beginning at the End of an Era
pagenum: 11; label: 2
title: St Petersburg, a Magical City
pagenum: 23; label: 3
title: Tsarskoe Selo, Provincial Retreat
pagenum: 43; label: 4
title: Tutor to the Tsarevich
pagenum: 61; label: 5
title: Night Comes On
pagenum: 73; label: 6
title: Deeper Night
pagenum: 101; label: 7
title: Prisoners
pagenum: 125; label: 8
title: Sent to Siberia
pagenum: 153; label: 9
title: The Triumph of Darkness
pagenum: 185; label: 10
title: On the Rails
pagenum: 203; label: 11
title: Time for Reflection
pagenum: 233; label: 12
title: Home at Last
pagenum: 253; title: Appendix
pagenum: 279; title: Index
pagenum: 289