Chapter XXIX Dugout 323 Chapter XXX Recovery 338 Chapter XXXI Westward Trek 348 Chapter XXXII Alexander 358 Chapter XXXIII Escape 373 Chapter XXXIV Refuge 378 Index 383 List of Illustrations FRONTISPIECE The Grand Duchess Anastasia (portrait) FIRST GROUP The Grand Duchess Anastasia Announcement of Birth of the Grand Duchess Anastasia The Empress Alexandra The Grand Duchess Anastasia, the Tsesarevich Alexei and the Emperor Nicholas II The Tsesarevich Alexei, the Empress Alexandra and the Emperor Nicholas II The Russian Imperial Family on visit to the British Royal Family The Grand Duke Alexander and the Grand Duchess Xenia and Their Children Alexander Palace, Tsarskoe Selo The New Palace, Livadia Nicholas II The Empress Alexandra The Tsesarevich Alexei Nicholas II and the Empress Alexandra The Grand Duchess Anastasia The Grand Duchesses Marie, Tatiana, Anastasia and Olga The Empress Alexandra with Her Daughters Nicholas II and the Empress Alexandra and Their Children The Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana The Grand Duchesses Marie and Anastasia The Grand Duchesses Anastasia, Olga, Tatiana and Marie Nicholas II The Grand Duchess Anastasia, the Empress Alexandra and President Raymond Poincaré SECOND GROUP The Dowager Empress Marie The Emperor Nicholas II The Empress Alexandra The Tsesarevich Alexei The Grand Duke Michael The Grand Duchess Elizabeth The Grand Duchesses Anastasia, Marie and Tatiana Nicholas II and His Children The Tsesarevich Alexei and the Grand Duchesses Olga, Anastasia and Tatiana The Grand Duchesses Marie, Olga, Anastasia and Tatiana Views of Tobolsk Ipatiev House, Ekaterinburg The Death Chamber, Ipatiev House, Ekaterinburg The Handkerchief The Piece of Glass Map of Ekaterinburg and Vicinity The Grand Duchesses Marie and Anastasia The Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholas II with His Children and His Nephew, Prince Vasili The Grand Duchess Anastasia The Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Anastasia and Marie The Grand Duchess Anastasia The Grand Duchess Anastasia and Marjorie Hanson The Grand Duchess Anastasia THIRD GROUP Cameos of the Grand Duchess Anastasia Through the Years Author’s Preface A few weeks after my arrival in Bukovina--after I had had time to recover from the emotional and nervous shock and body wounds which I had suffered at the time of the tragedy on the night of July 16-17, 1918--I decided to write about my home life with my beloved family, about our arrest, about our exile in Tobolsk and Ekaterinburg, about the assassination of the family in Ekaterinburg, and about my rescue and subsequent escape across the frontier.