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OF
ALEXANDER I.
EMPEROR OF ALL THE RUSSIAS.
BY
C. JOYNEVILLE.
"My rival in glory and power."-NAPOLEON, loq.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND.
SAVILL, EDWARDS AND CO., PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.
CONTENTS
THE FIRST VOLUME.
INTRODUCTION.
Ancestors of the Imperial House of Romanof, 1. Conjugal Unhappi-
ness of Peter and Catherine, 4. Opposition to Peter's Accession, 6.
Catherine's Coronation, 7. Pugachef's Insurrection, 8.
CHAPTER I.
THE FATHER AND MOTHER OF ALEXANDER.
The Childhood of Paul, 9. His Treatment by Catherine, 10. Inocu-
lation of the Court by Dr. Dimsdale, 10. Paul's Tutors, 11.
Catherine's Views as to Paul's Education, 11. Paul's First Mar-
riage, 11. Death of the Grand Duchess Natalia, 12. Paul's
violent Grief, 12. His temporary Loss of Reason, 13. Second
Marriage of Paul, 17. State of Poland, 18. Condition of the
Poles, 19. John Sobieski, 21. Treaty between Catherine and
Frederick the Great, 23.
CHAPTER II.
ALEXANDER'S EDUCATION AND MARRIAGE.
Character and Conduct of the Grand Duchess, 26. Birth and Bap-
tism of Alexander, 26. Inundation of St. Petersburg, 27.
Rejoicings on Account of the Birth of a Prince, 28. Sir J. Harris's
Interview with the Empress, 29. Letter of George III. to the
Empress, 30. Visit of the Grand Duke and Duchess to Louis XVI.,
31. Education of Alexander and Constantine, 35. Paul Banished
to the Castle of Gateschina, 41. He is ordered to join the
Russian Army in Finland, 43. Catherine's Visit to Cherson, 45.
The French Revolution, 46. Gaiety and Dissipation of the Court,
48. Insurrection at Cracow, 54. Alexander's Marriage, 56. Illness
of Alexander, 60. Extreme Opinions of the Grand Duke, 68.
Polish Views as to the Conduct of Prince Adam Czartoriski, 70.
CHAPTER III.
PAUL'S REIGN.
Expedition against Persia, 71. Illness of Catherine, 74. Her Death,
78. Proclamation of Paul, 78. Funeral of Catherine, 81.
Paul's Retrenchments, 85. Paul's Coronation at Moscow, 89.
Paul's Sympathy with the French Royalists, 95. Treaty of
Alliance with Great Britain, 96. Field-Marshal Suvorov recalled
from Exile, 99. His Victories over the French in Lombardy and
Piedmont, 101. Capture of Schorldam and Bergen, 106.
Dismissal of Alexander from the Governorship of St. Petersburg,
111. Rostopchine's Friendship for the Emperor, 112. Increasing
Irritability of Paul's Temper, 115. Conspiracy for placing him
under Restraint, 115.
CHAPTER IV.
ALEXANDER'S ACCESSION.
Republican Feeling in Italy, 120. Paul's Proposal for a Tournament
of the Sovereigns of Europe, 124. Conduct of the Legitimists
in St. Petersburg, 126. Defeats of Austria at Marengo and
Hohenlinden, 129. Passage of the Alps by the French Army,
129. Estrangement between Russia and Great Britain, 131.
Embargo on English Ships in Russian Ports, 132. Treaty
between Russia and Denmark, 133. Louis XVIII. ordered to
leave Russia, 135. Building of St. Michael's Palace, 136. Con-
spiracy against Paul, 137. Failure of a Plan to Assassinate him,
140. Paul's Suspicion of Alexander, 141. Arrest of the Princes
ordered, 142. Assassination of Paul, 147. Alarm and Indignation
of the Empress, 148. Lying in State of the Body of Paul, 151.
Proclamation by Alexander, 155. Abolition of the Secret Police,
160.