author
Lili Den
1888–1963
A Russian aristocrat and memoirist, she is best remembered for vivid firsthand accounts of Empress Alexandra and the final years of the Romanov court. Her writing blends personal memory, political upheaval, and the perspective of someone who lived close to the center of imperial Russia’s last days.
1 Audiobook
The Real Tsaritsa
by Lili Den
About the author
Born Yulia Alexandrovna von Dehn in 1888 and known as Lili Dehn, she was a Russian aristocrat who became a close friend of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. That friendship later shaped the work she is most known for: memoirs about the Romanov family and life at the imperial court.
After the Russian Revolution, she left Russia and wrote about the people and events she had witnessed. Her best-known book, The Real Tsaritsa, presented a sympathetic portrait of Alexandra and offered readers a personal view of the empire’s final years.
She died in 1963. Today, her work remains valuable to readers interested in the Romanovs, not just for its historical detail, but for the intimate, emotional way it captures a world on the edge of collapse.