Six Years at the Russian Court

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Jan 29, 2024

In Category - Memoirs

Authors: Magaretta Eagar In Year : 1906

Book Language: English

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Preface
CHAPTER I: CONCERNING MY JOURNEY
CHAPTER II: CONCERNING THE WINTER PALACE
CHAPTER III: CONCERNING ST. PETERSBURG
CHAPTER IV: CONCERNING TSARSKOE SELO
CHAPTER V: CONCERNING EASTER
CHAPTER VI: CONCERNING PETERHOFF
CHAPTER VII: CONCERNING FATHER JOHN
CHAPTER VIII: A GLIMPSE OF POLAND
CHAPTER IX: ROUGH LIFE OF RUSSIAN PEASANTRY
CHAPTER X: SEARCHING FOR THE MAGIC BLOOM
CHAPTER XI: A RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS
CHAPTER XII: LIFE IN THE KREMLIN
CHAPTER XIII: IN BELOVEGE
CHAPTER XIV: THE YOUNG OFFICER AND THE DOLLS
CHAPTER XV: THE LITTLE PRISON OPENER
CHAPTER XVI: MY FIRST MEETING WITH THE KING
CHAPTER XVII: LOST IN THE FOREST
CHAPTER XVIII: CONCERNING THE CHILDREN
CHAPTER XIX: CHERSONESE
CHAPTER XX: THE PRIEST
CHAPTER XXI: PRINCESS ELLA
CHAPTER XXII: THE OUTBREAK OF WAR
CHAPTER XXIII: THE RUSSIAN SOLDIERS
CHAPTER XXIV: ATTACKS ON THE CZAR'S LIFE
CHAPTER XXV: SOCIAL LIFE IN RUSSIA
CHAPTER XXVI: POST OFFICE VAGARIES IN RUSSIA
CHAPTER XXVII: THE TRUE STORY OF KISHINEFF
CHAPTER XXVIII: THE RUSSIAN CLERGY
CHAPTER XXIX: MORE ABOUT THE CHILDREN
CHAPTER XXX: EDUCATION IN RUSSIA
CHAPTER XXXI: THE BIRTH OF AN HEIR

From 1898 to 1904, Irish born Margaretta Eagar was the nanny to Olga (Ольга), Tatiana (Татьяна), Maria (Мария) and Anastasia (Анастасия) Nikolaevna Romanova, the four young daughters of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and his consort, Alexandra Feodorovna. As children, the four grand duchesses invented an acronymic nickname, OTMA, in reference to their collective selves, as a sign of group closeness and sisterly affection.

Eagar was of the opinion that many authors of her time had written fictionalized accounts of the royal family and of Russian society at large. In her words she had "... not started forth to write fiction, but plain, unvarnished truth." Margaretta Eagar's memoir, Six Years at the Russian Court, was published in 1906; much of the content had been serialized earlier in the British periodical, "The Leisure Hour". In the book she shares her experiences while with OTMA, their parents and other Romanovs while also writing about many aspects of Russian society and culture during her time there. - Summary by Brian Fullen