Memoirs of the last Russian Tsar and his family, written by a Swiss, the tutor of the children of Nicholas II, who taught them French. They cover the pre-war years, the period of the First World War, two revolutions and the exile of the royal family to Tobolsk, where Gilliard voluntarily went with her. In Yekaterinburg, the author was separated from the Tsar's family by the Soviet authorities, but immediately after the White armies entered the city, he participated in the investigation into the circumstances of the execution of the Tsar's family, which is the subject of the last chapters of the book.