Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Charts and Tables vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Note on Dates, Names, and Transliteration xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1. "lt Would Be Best to Marry the Daughter of One of His Subjects" 21
8. Chapter 2. "Without Any Regard for Noble Ancestry" 57
9. Chapter 3. "If You Marry a Second Time, You Will Have an Evil Child Born to You" 101
10. Chapter 4. "To Assuage the Melancholy 130
11. Chapter 5. "Scheming to Be Rid of the Chosen Tsarevna" 167
12. Chapter 6. "Worthy because the Tsar Adores You" 203
13. Epilogue 237
14. Appendix A. Excerpts from the Chronograph of the Marriages of Tsar Ivan Vasil'evich 247
15. Appendix B. Candidates at the Bride-Shows for Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich, 16 70~ 1671 250
16. Appendix C. Gifts Given to Candidates in the Bride-Show for Fedor Alekseevich, 1680 254
17. Appendix D. Genealogies 256
18. Abbreviations 259
19. Notes 263
20. Bibliography 331
21. Index 367