The Authentic Empress. Memoirs of a Close Friend of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna

Yulia Alexandrovna von Den, faithful Lily, as she was called in the royal family, was one of the closest friends and trusted confidants of Alexandra Feodorovna, her maid of honor, and the only one who supported the empress during the difficult days of Nicholas II's abdication. Devoted to her sovereign, Yulia considered it her duty to ease the plight of the deposed family. She actively began to establish contact with them during their stay in Tobolsk, which made it possible for the imprisoned to correspond with those who remained loyal to the monarchs, and to send packages with all the necessities... Already in exile, Yulia Den wrote memoirs about the royal family, the main purpose of which was to capture the bright image of the empress she revered and loved. This book is a firsthand account of the last act of the Russian monarchical tragedy.