On April 13, 1919, emigrants standing on the deck of the British cruiser Marlborough looked at the coast of Crimea melting in the haze - the last piece of the homeland that they had to leave. Their hearts were squeezed by anxiety, they all thought about one thing: will the hour of return ever come?.. Each of those leaving tried to look for the last time at something dear, something that he, perhaps, would never see again. Everyone understood that exile would be a serious test for him, but reality turned out to be more merciless than his worst fears. And yet, willpower and determination helped to survive these adversities and move forward, despite all the troubles and without looking back at the past. Prince Felix Yusupov’s story about the new period of his life “in exile” awaits you in this book. “In the evenings I often I go out onto the balcony of my small house and in the silence of the village of Auteuil, in the sounds coming from Paris, I hear the echo of my entire past. Will I ever return to Russia? Nobody forbids you to dream. Having reached an age when it is no longer possible to count on the future without being crazy, I still dream of a time that may never come for me - a time that will be called: “After the exile.” Prince Felix Yusupov