Download or read book Thirteen years at the Russian court written by Pierre Gilliard and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a memoir written by Pierre Gilliard, the French language tutor to the five children of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia from 1905 to 1918. It was published following the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the execution of the Russian Imperial family. In this book, Gilliard described Tsarina Alexandra's torment over her son's hemophilia and her faith in the ability of starets Grigori Rasputin to heal the boy.