Originally published: New York : Harmony Books, 2008.

Bread and circuses -- Two princes -- Illustrious strangers -- Dorothee's choice -- The big four -- Bartering destiny -- "Europe, unhappy Europe" -- Spies are everywhere! -- Dancing with the world in their hands -- The people's festival -- A lawless scramble? -- Six weeks of hell -- Robinson Crusoe -- Dinner with the tsar -- Pursuing phantoms -- The last joust -- "The glorious moment" -- The cook, the painter, the ballerina, and the diplomat -- Indiscretion -- King of the suburbs -- Requiem -- The great sleigh ride -- "Odious and criminal traffick in human flesh" -- Before the cake was cut -- Time to save the world again -- His majesty, the outlaw -- With the spring violets -- Criers of Vive le Roi! doers of nothing -- Farewells -- Conquering the peace -- To conquer or die -- La belle alliance -- Shifting sand.