Toby FaberFaberge's Eggs
One Man's Masterpieces and the End of an Empire
Toby Faber was formerly Managing Director of the publishing house Faber & Faber. He was born in Cambridge in 1965, and now lives in London with his wife and daughter. His last book was Stradivarius, also published by Macmillan.
Section
i: Romanov family tree Section
ii: Fabergé family tree Introduction
iii: Introduction Chapter
1: 'Christ is risen!' Chapter
2: 'A precious as an egg on Christ's own day' Chapter
3: 'A continuation of the long funeral ceremonies' Chapter
4: 'Utterly different in character, habits and outlook' Chapter
5: 'The warm and brilliant shop of Carl Fabergé' Chapter
6: 'The ancestor who appeals to me least of all' Chapter
7: 'We shall have to show dirty nappies' Chapter
8: 'A good, religious, simple
minded Russian' Chapter
9: 'The little one will not die' Chapter
10: 'An unparalleled genius' Chapter
11: 'Fabergé has just brought your delightful egg' Chapter
12: 'Everything seems sad' Chapter
13: 'Guard it well. It is the last' Chapter
14: 'This is life no more' Chapter
15: 'You will have all of it when I am gone' Chapter
16: 'Determining their fate irrevocably in a few moments' Chapter
17: 'Pick out gold, silver and platinum from the articles of minimal museum value' Chapter
18: 'I know that May was passionately fond of fine jewellery' Chapter
19: 'Department stores
try the department stores' Chapter
20: 'Old civilisations put to the sword' Chapter
21: 'Turn of the century trinkets' Chapter
22: 'When you viewed his Fabergé collection, you were doing him a favour' Chapter
23: 'He who dies with the most toys wins' Chapter
24: 'Handle it and then question it; that thing is as right as rain' Chapter
25: 'You can put all your eggs in one basket' Section
iv: Afterword Section
v: Appendix
Full listing of the Imperial eggs Chapter
vi: Glossary Section
vii: Notes Section
viii: Bibliography Index
ix: Index Acknowledgements
x: Acknowledgements
