Table of Contents
Section I: A Tumultuous Childhood • 9
Timeline: 1900-1918 • 10
Map: Ileana's Romania • 12
Chapter 1: Birth & Family • 13
Chapter 2: Heartbreak & War • 19
Chapter 3: Flight & Exile • 25
Chapter 4: Revolution & Surrender • 30
Chapter 5: The Tide Turns; Family Troubles • 33
Section II: Teenage Princess • 41
Timeline: 1918-1930 • 42
Chapter 6: A 'Real' Princess • 45
Chapter 7: Learning the Royal Ropes • 52
Chapter 8: Travel & Loss • 57
Chapter 9: Love & Marriage • 63
Section III: Marriage & War • 69
Timeline: 1931-1943 • 70
Chapter 10: Joy & Sorrow • 73
Chapter 11: Family Life • 78
Chapter 12: Death & Destruction • 81
Chapter 13: War Wife • 86
Chapter 14: Climbing the Staircase • 92
Section IV: Romania in Turmoil • 99
Timeline: 1944-1947 • 100
Chapter 15: Being a Romanian • 101
Chapter 16: Spitalul Inima Reginei • 106
Chapter 17: War's End, Sorrow's Beginning • 114
Chapter 18: Tightropes & Undergrounds • 120
Chapter 19: Life under the Communists • 124
Chapter 20: Exile • 129
Section V: Heimatlos • 135
Timeline: 1948-1966 • 136
Chapter 21: Living Death • 139
Chapter 22: Healing & Growth • 143
Chapter 23: Sister Ileana • 151
Section VI: The Way to Peace • 159
Timeline: 1967-1991 • 160
Chapter 24: The Monastic Life • 163
Chapter 25: New Life, New Home • 167
Chapter 26: Twilight, Daybreak • 175
Chapter 27: Memory Eternal • 181
Epilogue • 185
Princess Ileana's Family Tree • 188
Glossary • 190
Sources • 196
About the Author • 199