Count F. G. Golovkin came from the noble Golovkin family, whose rise was connected with Peter I. Thanks to his distinguished origins, Count Fyodor found himself close to the Russian throne, at the court of European monarchs.
On the pages of Golovkin’s memoirs, written on the basis of diary notes, an entire panorama of Europe and Russia at the turn of the 18th–19th centuries comes to life, personified by the era’s prominent figures.
This publication differs from the first editions because to the main text are added those fragments of the memoirs that had not been included previously. Thus, this edition represents the most complete compilation of F. G. Golovkin’s recollections.
Contents:
Preface
Part I Golovkins
Chapter I The Great Chancellor
Chapter II The Children of the Great Chancellor
Chapter III The Overseas Branch of the Golovkins
Chapter IV Count Alexander Alexandrovich
Chapter V The Last of His Kind
Chapter VI Count Fyodor
Part II The Court and Reign of Paul I
Grand Duke Paul
The Year 1796
The Year 1797
The Year 1798
The Year 1799
Excerpts related to the reign of Paul I and communicated by Count Fyodor to Mr. Chatlen
Part III Portraits and Recollections
I. Frederick the Great and the Russian Court
II. Princess Dashkova and the Court of Frederick II
III. Aleksei Orlov
IV. Rogerson
V. Count Nikolai Saltykov
VI. Razumovskys
VII. Characteristics of a Russian nobleman of the late eighteenth century
VIII. Kobencl
IX. Prince de Ligne
X. The Lovely Phanariot Woman (Mrs. de Witt)[237]
XI. Count Choiseul-Gouffier
XII. Lyubomirsky
XIII. In Berlin (1794)
XIV. In Vienna (1794)
XV. D’Avaré
XVI. Queen Caroline
XVII. Ferdinand I
XVIII. Hamilton
XIX. In Pernau
XX. Empress Elisaveta Alekseevna[261] (Wife of Emperor Alexander I)
XXI. Nesselrode
XXII Baron d’Anstett
XXIII Friedrich-Wilhelm III (King of Prussia)
XXIV. Queen Louise of Prussia (1804)
XXV. Metternich
XXVI. Empress Marie-Louise
XXVII. Narbonne
XXVIII. The Russian Colony in Florence (1816–1817)
I. Preface
II. Letters of Count Fyodor, written by him from Italy to his cousin Mrs. Mestral d’Arruffon
III. Florence (1816–1817)
XXIX. Two profiles (Catherine II, Paul I)
XXX. A. V. Suvorov
XXXI. Chevalier d’Azara
XXXII. Count Angalt
XXXIII. Prince Nassau-Siegen
Anecdotes
Part IV Correspondents of Golovkin
I. Madame de Staël
II. Count Joseph de Maistre
III. Chevalier de Buffler
IV. Mrs. de Sousa
V. Boissier d’Anglo
VI. Count Capodistria
VII. Count de Coigny