The Old Romanov Scoundrel: Grand Duke Dmitri

Gambler, Olympian, co-conspirator in the murder of Rasputin, grandson of Tsar alexander II, and lover of Coco Chanel.

• Primary sources include the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle, the Police Archives in Paris, and mostly importantly Dmitri's own private journals, which are at Harvard and remain largely unpublished
• Dmitri's royal connections provide the constant background of his life from pre-Revolution Russia to the inter-war period of European history