Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I ST. PETERSBURG
7. PROLOGUE 11
8. CHAPTER 1 The World in Flux: The French Revolution, Napoleon, and the Russian Nobility 14
9. CHAPTER 2 In the Salons of St. Petersburg 34
10. CHAPTER 3 At a Religious Crossroads 54
11. CHAPTER 4 Becoming Catholic, Becoming Russian 77
12. PART II: PARIS
13. PROLOGUE 109
14. CHAPTER 5 Making Paris Home: The Micro-Politics of Friendship 112
15. CHAPTER 6 "Neutral Grounds in Paris": The Early Years of Svechina's Salon 135
16. CHAPTER 7 Svechina and French Religious Politics, 1830-1848 163
17. CHAPTER 8 The Kingdom of Saint-Dominique 180
18. CHAPTER 9 Opportunities Lost 206
19. CHAPTER 10 The New Crisis and the End 237
20. Conclusion Writing the Modern Saint 260
21. Notes 273
22. Bibliography 311
23. Index 329