Confessions of the Czarina

audiobook

Confessions of the Czarina

by Princess Catherine Radziwill

EN·~6 hours·32 chapters

Chapters

32 total
1

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1:51
2

PUBLISHERS’ NOTE

1:50
3

INTRODUCTION

7:38
4

CONFESSIONS OF THE CZARINA

0:01
5

I BETROTHAL AND MARRIAGE

22:14
6

II MARRIAGE AND LONELINESS

9:29
7

III MY COUNTRY, MY BELOVED COUNTRY, WHY AM I PARTED FROM THEE?

11:10
8

IV A SAD CORONATION

12:51
9

V DAUGHTERS, DAUGHTERS, AND NO SON

12:29
10

VI THE EMPRESS’S OPINIONS ABOUT RUSSIA

18:00

Description

A vivid, first‑person account that invites listeners into the private world of the Russian Empress, this memoir blends personal reflection with the sweeping currents of history. The narrator recounts her early days of betrothal and marriage, the anticipation of a grand coronation, and the loneliness that settled behind the glittering palace doors. Intimate letters and observations reveal her hopes for the nation and the quiet anxieties that lingered as the empire steadied itself for war.

As tensions rise, the story shifts to the emotional toll of a nation in revolt, the loss of loved ones, and the stark choices forced upon a woman once crowned queen. Through candid confession, the narrator paints the fragile balance between duty and desire, offering a human portrait of a ruler caught between personal grief and the inexorable tide of political upheaval. Listeners will feel the weight of a crown and the relentless pull of history, all narrated with the immediacy of someone who lived through the fall.

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Language

en

Duration

~6 hours (390K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Chuck Greif, MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2016-09-21

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Princess Catherine Radziwill

Princess Catherine Radziwill

1858–1941

Born into high aristocratic circles in St. Petersburg, she turned a life of court gossip, scandal, and sharp observation into a long writing career. Her books offered readers an insider's view of European royalty and politics at a moment of huge change.

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