GILLIARD, PIERRE (1879–1962) The Tragic Fate of Nicholas II and His Family / by Pierre Gilliard. Paris: Payot, 1921. (Collection of memoirs, studies, and documents for the history of the World War). First edition.

264 pp., [16] pp. color ill., portrait: ill., color ill., map, facsimile. - 22.5 × 14 × 2.5 cm. In French. With 59 photographs hors texte, three facsimiles, two maps and three plans in the text. Contemporary ownership cloth binding. Label with shelf number on the spine. Good condition. Wear and dampstaining to the covers, minor soiling and foxing to the text block. Ownership label on the rear endpaper. Pierre Gilliard (1879–1962) was a Swiss-born tutor of French. He was invited to Russia to teach the children of the Duke of Leuchtenberg, and in September 1905 was appointed French tutor to the children of Nicholas II. From 1913 he served as tutor to the heir Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich. After the abdication of Nicholas II, he accompanied the Imperial family into exile in Tobolsk, but upon their transfer to Ekaterinburg was separated from them. After the murder of the Imperial family, he remained in Siberia, assisting investigator Nikolay Sokolov and exposing an impostor claiming to be Alexei Nikolaevich. He returned to Switzerland in 1920 and in 1921 published the present work, also known as ‘Thirteen Years at the Russian Court’. First edition.