9 “We wanted …”: Massie, Romanovs, 27.
10 “It was frightening!”: ibid., 33.
11 “We swore an oath …”: ibid., 35.
12 “All the skeletons …”: Seward, np.
13 “His life, his actions …”: King and Wilson, Fate, 497.
14 “[Nicholas] could have chosen …”: ibid., 498.
15 “doing their moral duty …”: ibid.
Beyond the Palace Gates
1 “What a stunning impression …”: Kanatchikov, 7–19.
2 “My early childhood was not …”: ibid., 1–6.
3 “Hush, hush, hushaby …”: Tian-Shanskaia, 101.
4 “Grandpa rented …”: Gorky, 150–151.
5 “I, too, made …”: ibid., 161–171.
7 “The first thing the shop owner …”: Gudvan, 195–196.
8 “I tried to take my son …”: ibid., 191–192.
9 “The third [train] whistle …”: Palmer, 37–44.
10 “With a jubiliant …”: Poole, 47–51.
11 “It was one o’clock …”: Paustovsky, 474–475.
12 “Suddenly from behind …”: Williams, 143–144.
14 “I shall describe my day …”: Fige, 727–729.