{"title":"Pierre Gilliard","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"thirteen-years-at-the-russian-court-book-pierre-gilliard-9781782825241","title":"Thirteen Years at the Russian Court","description":"An intimate view of the last Russian Tsar and his family \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The cataclysm of the First World War ultimately swept away many of the great monarchies of Europe, but none of the casualties were more tragic or poignant in their passing than the Romanovs of Russia. The violence of the Russian Revolution brought about an inevitable regicide which dispatched the entire royal family in the tawdriest circumstances. Students of the period have always been fascinated by the story of the doomed Romanovs, and this book, written by a Swiss academic and French language tutor to the five children of the Tsar, Nicholas II, has become a classic on the subject. It offers intimate and invaluable insights into the personal lives of the last reigning Russian royal family, and into the politics and personalities-including the infamous Rasputin-that surrounded them. Details of those turbulent times, as the storm of disaffection in Russia grew to become a clamour for great change that consumed the centuries-old established order, are graphically portrayed. The final chapters of this book are especially touching, as they concern the period during which the author experiences the final departure of the by now powerless captive family on the journey which would lead to their deaths in a cellar at the hands of the communist revolutionaries.\u003cbr\u003e Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49555132809489,"sku":"GOR012971451","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50989912850705,"sku":"NIN9781782825241","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51850261102865,"sku":"CIN178282524XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52819573768465,"sku":"CIN178282524XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/178282524X.jpg?v=1751248331"},{"product_id":"treize-annees-a-la-cour-de-russie-peterhof-septembre-1905-ekaterinbourg-mai-1918-book-pierre-gilliard-9781359865557","title":"Treize Annees A La Cour De Russie (Peterhof, Septembre 1905--Ekaterinbourg, Mai 1918)","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50468800364817,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50468802330897,"sku":"GOR013790524","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1359865551.jpg?v=1750755344"},{"product_id":"treize-annees-a-la-cour-de-russie-peterhof-septembre-1905-ekaterinbourg-mai-1918-book-pierre-gilliard-9781015404540","title":"Treize Annees A La Cour De Russie (Peterhof, Septembre 1905--Ekaterinbourg, Mai 1918)","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51013422383377,"sku":"NIN9781015404540","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1015404545.jpg?v=1750852191"},{"product_id":"thirteen-years-at-the-russian-court-book-pierre-gilliard-9781015526853","title":"Thirteen Years at the Russian Court","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51013432672529,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51013435326737,"sku":"NIN9781015526853","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1015526853.jpg?v=1750749818"},{"product_id":"thirteen-years-at-the-russian-court-a-personal-record-of-the-last-years-and-deat-book-pierre-gilliard-9781528772099","title":"Thirteen Years at the Russian Court - A Personal Record of the Last Years and Death of the Czar Nicholas II. and his Family","description":"First published in 1921, this book contains the memoirs of Pierre Gilliard. Pierre Gilliard (1879 - 1962) was a Swiss author and academic famous for being the French language tutor of Russian Emperor Nicholas II's children between 1905 and 1918. Within these pages, Gilliard describes Tsarina Alexandra's sadness relating to her son's haemophilia and her belief in Grigori Rasputin's ability to help the boy. This volume constitutes a must-read for those with an interest in Russian history, and it would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: \"My First Lessons at the Court (Autumn, 1905)\", \"Alexis Nicolaievitch--Visits to the Crimea\", \"I Begin my Duties as Tutor--The Czarevitch's Illness\", \"The Czarina, Alexandra Feodorovna\", \"Rasputin\", \"Life at the Tsarskoie-Selo--My Pupils (The Winter of 1913-14)\", \"Journeys to the Crimea and Rumania\", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51033739755793,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51033742278929,"sku":"NIN9781528772099","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51503607316753,"sku":"CIN1528772091G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":53496506056977,"sku":"CIN1528772091A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1528772091.jpg?v=1751374162"},{"product_id":"thirteen-years-at-the-russian-court-a-personal-record-of-the-last-years-and-deat-book-pierre-gilliard-9781528704434","title":"Thirteen Years at the Russian Court - A Personal Record of the Last Years and Death of the Czar Nicholas II. and his Family","description":"First published in 1921, this book contains the memoirs of Pierre Gilliard. Pierre Gilliard (1879 - 1962) was a Swiss author and academic famous for being the French language tutor of Russian Emperor Nicholas II's children between 1905 and 1918. Within these pages, Gilliard describes Tsarina Alexandra's sadness relating to her son's haemophilia and her belief in Grigori Rasputin's ability to help the boy. This volume constitutes a must-read for those with an interest in Russian history, and it would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: \"My First Lessons at the Court (Autumn, 1905)\", \"Alexis Nicolaievitch--Visits to the Crimea\", \"I Begin my Duties as Tutor--The Czarevitch's Illness\", \"The Czarina, Alexandra Feodorovna\", \"Rasputin\", \"Life at the Tsarskoie-Selo--My Pupils (The Winter of 1913-14)\", \"Journeys to the Crimea and Rumania\", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51034212958481,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51034215579921,"sku":"NIN9781528704434","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52723457949969,"sku":"CIN1528704436VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53473106133265,"sku":"CIN1528704436G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1528704436.jpg?v=1750798034"},{"product_id":"thirteen-years-at-the-russian-court-book-pierre-gilliard-9781782825234","title":"Thirteen Years at the Russian Court","description":"An intimate view of the last Russian Tsar and his family \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The cataclysm of the First World War ultimately swept away many of the great monarchies of Europe, but none of the casualties were more tragic or poignant in their passing than the Romanovs of Russia. The violence of the Russian Revolution brought about an inevitable regicide which dispatched the entire royal family in the tawdriest circumstances. Students of the period have always been fascinated by the story of the doomed Romanovs, and this book, written by a Swiss academic and French language tutor to the five children of the Tsar, Nicholas II, has become a classic on the subject. It offers intimate and invaluable insights into the personal lives of the last reigning Russian royal family, and into the politics and personalities-including the infamous Rasputin-that surrounded them. Details of those turbulent times, as the storm of disaffection in Russia grew to become a clamour for great change that consumed the centuries-old established order, are graphically portrayed. The final chapters of this book are especially touching, as they concern the period during which the author experiences the final departure of the by now powerless captive family on the journey which would lead to their deaths in a cellar at the hands of the communist revolutionaries.\u003cbr\u003e Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51050608099601,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51050610229521,"sku":"NIN9781782825234","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1782825231.jpg?v=1751377796"},{"product_id":"thirteen-years-at-the-russian-court-book-pierre-gilliard-9781511571470","title":"Thirteen Years at the Russian Court","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51700666794257,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51700666859793,"sku":"CIN1511571470VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53260095652113,"sku":"CIN1511571470G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1511571470.jpg?v=1750760302"},{"product_id":"thirteen-years-at-the-russian-court-book-pierre-gilliard-9781023466042","title":"Thirteen Years at the Russian Court","description":"\u003cb\u003e Quieres adentrarte en la sombr a oscuridad del futuro lejano pero no sabes por d nde empezar?  No busques m s \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDesde los valientes comandantes de los Marines Espaciales hasta los misteriosos Se ores F nix de los Aeldari, explora a los m s grandes guerreros y l deres de cada facci n en guerra. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCon m s de 120 personajes del 41.  Milenio, esta enciclopedia de personajes es una introducci n perfecta a los h roes y villanos ic nicos de Warhammer 40,000. Cada p gina muestra impresionantes fotograf as de miniaturas de Games Workshop y proporciona estad sticas y datos vitales sobre cada personaje. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e------------------------------------------------------- \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWant to dive into the grim darkness of the far future but don't know where to start? Look no further \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the stalwart commanders of the Space Marines to the mysterious Phoenix Lords of the Aeldari, explore the greatest warriors and leaders of each warring faction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing more than 120 characters from the 41st Millennium, this character encyclopedia is a perfect introduction to the iconic heroes and villains of Warhammer 40,000. Each page showcases stunning photography of Games Workshop miniatures and provides vital stats and facts on each character.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52744122827025,"sku":"NIN9781023466042","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-pierre-gilliard.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}