The childhood and youth of an emperor, 1777 -1801
Monsieur Alexander and Catherine the Great
"The monarch-in-training"
A grand duke torn between greater and lesser courts
The tsarevich at Paul I's court: 1796
The promising reign: a spirit of reform, 1801
On the international stage: 1801
The Napoleonic wars, 1805
From military fiascos to the Tilsit agreements: 1805
The time of the French alliance: 1807
Between domestic reforms and military preparations: 1807
1812: the duel of the emperors
An increasingly conservative reign, 1815
Mystic exaltation, reformist aspiration, and conservative practice: 1815
Russian diplomacy in the "European system": 1815
By way of epilogue: the Feodor Kuzmich mystery.
