The Price of Power

About this eBook

Author

Le Queux, William, 1864-1927

Title

The Price of Power Being Chapters from the Secret History of the Imperial Court of Russia

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Russians -- England -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

41091

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41091

Release Date

October 17, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."Being Chapters from the Secret History of the Imperial Court of Russia" — Chapter One. — The Madcap. — Chapter Two. — An Audience of the Emperor. — Chapter Three. — Contains Certain Confidences. — Chapter Four. — Concerns Madame de Rosen. — Chapter Five. — The Man in Pince-Nez. — Chapter Six. — Relates a Sensation. — Chapter Seven. — Tells Tragic Truths. — Chapter Eight. — Describes a Mysterious Incident. — Chapter Nine. — The Little Grand Duchess. — Chapter Ten. — Reveals Two Facts. — Chapter Eleven. — His Excellency General Markoff. — Chapter Twelve. — Watchers in the Night. — Chapter Thirteen. — The Catspaw. — Chapter Fourteen. — Such is the Law. — Chapter Fifteen. — A Statement by the Informer. — Chapter Sixteen. — Incognita! — Chapter Seventeen. — Her Highness is Outspoken. — Chapter Eighteen. — Shows Hartwig’s Anxiety. — Chapter Nineteen. — Orders in Cipher. — Chapter Twenty. — The Land of No Return. — Chapter Twenty One. — Hot Haste across Asia. — Chapter Twenty Two. — In the Night. — Chapter Twenty Three. — Identification! — Chapter Twenty Four. — The Journey’s End. — Chapter Twenty Five. — Luba Makes a Statement. — Chapter Twenty Six. — Not in the Newspapers. — Chapter Twenty Seven. — At Tzarskoie-Selo. — Chapter Twenty Eight. — The Emperor’s Favourite. — Chapter Twenty Nine. — Presents another Problem. — Chapter Thirty. — Reveals the Gulf. — Chapter Thirty One. — The Painful Truth. — Chapter Thirty Two. — At What Cost! — Chapter Thirty Three. — Describes a Momentous Audience. — Chapter Thirty Four. — The Emperor’s Command. — Chapter Thirty Five. — “From Our Own Correspondent.” — Chapter Thirty Six. — Describes To-day.

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