LITERATURE: Konrad and Alexandra. A Novel By Rolf Gross

With historical illustrations.

Pacific Palisades 1999, Revised 2004

LIST OF CHARACTERS IN "KONRAD AND ALEXANDRA"

(* = historic Personality)

Konrad Rost + Alexandra DadianiOtto + Sophia: children of Konrad and Alexandra

Relatives of Alexandra in Georgia
Irakli Dadiani + Tamara (Deda) Chavchavadze: parents of Alexandra, Professor in Tiflis
Niko + Otar Dadiani: brothers of Alexandra, St. Petersburg + München
George Dadiani: half-brother of Irakli Dadiani, master of Zugdidi
Ilia Chavchavadze* + Olga Guramishvili*: uncle of A., Poet, Politician, Tiflis and Kvarebi
George + David Chavchavadze: brothers of Deda, masters of Tsinandali
Luarsab Tarchan-Mouravi + Sophia Bagrationi: uncle + godmother of A., master of Kaspi
David and Asmat Dadeshkeliani: uncle of A., parents of Tamara D.-Nomikoff
Tamara Dadeshkeliani: revolutionary, wife of Vladimir Nómikoff

Friends of Konrad + Alexandra
Arthur Leist*: German linguist + floklorist, Tbilisi
Henri Helvajian: goldsmith and Sufi, Tiflis
Persephone, aka Brimo: Sufi sheikh and friend of A.’s mother, Tiflis
Dato Ortaladze: A.'s abductor, physician, Tbilisi
Christine Ortaladze: wife of Dato, Tbilisi
Joachim von Bredow + Clara von Arnim: German consul in Tiflis + embassador Istanbul
Walter + Sally Wolfson: art dealer and historian, Fiesole
Katharina (Weißhuber) : painter, Fiesole + München
Martiros + Izabel Sisakian: Armenian painter + wife, St. Petersburg
Vladimir Nómikov: friend of K + A., poet + writer, St. Petersburg
Prof. Robert Dahl + Marie-Elisabeth Dahl: psychiatrist + Prof. of Psychology, München
Claudia + Friedrich Dahl: children of Prof. Dahl, München
Clara Westhoff*: sculptress, wife of Rainer Maria Rilke
Wassily Kandinsky*: Russian painter, München
Friedrich von Bredow: brother of Joachim v. Bredow
Helene von Üxküll: physician, A.'s colleague, St. Petersburg
Bertha Eberle, Sagdulla Bakhrami: students of A.lexandra, Tbilisi
Susanne Eberle: daughter of Bertha Eberle, Tbilisi
Asmat ("Little Asmat") : daughter of Tamara Dadeshkeliani-Nómikoff

Other Persons
Gabriele Münter*: painter, woman friend of Kandinsky
Arnold Schönberg*, Anton v. Webern*, Richard Strauss*: composers, Wien and München
Anna Akhmátova*, Marina Tsvetáeva*, A. Blok*: Russian poets, St. Petersburg
Savva Mamonov: Russian Industrialist, art collector, emigrant, Paris
Amedeo Modigliani*: Italian painter, Paris
Graf von der Schulenburg*: German consul and ambassador, Tbilisi
Katharina Rost: wife of Otto Rost, my mother
Merab Djibladze: my friend, Professor atTbilisi University
Andrea, Cornelius Rost: my wife and son
Eliso Abashidze: pianist, daughter of Sophia Rost

Table of Contents - Click on the underlined links
1. Konrad's Watch
2. Konrad in Georgia 1898
3. Tiflis 1898
3. Alexandra Dadiani, Tiflis 1898
4. Chekhov's "Chaika" Henri the Goldsmith
5. Alexandra's Necklace
6. Riding Lessons
7. The Engagement
8. A Sufi Sema
9. Ilia Chavchavadze
9. New Year 1899
10. Alexandra's Abduction
11.Easter at Zedazeni
12.The Wedding
13.Venice 1899
14.Fiesole 1899
15.Summer Ball, St. Pertersburg 1899
16.Medical Studies
17.Becky's Museum
18.Otto's Birth 1900
19.Vladimir, St. Petersburg 1904
20.The Theosophists' Reception
21.Berlin 1904
22.Rheinsberg 1904
23.Munich 1904
24.The Dahl's House, Katharina, 1904
25.Claudia and Dioskorides, 1904
26.A Pilgrimage to Andechs
27.Theosophical Party at the Dahls
28.A Menage a Trois
29.Fashing, Munich 1905
30.Walking on Ice
31.Chamber Music, Munich 1905
32.Alexandra Learns Driving, Italy 1905
33.Fiesole 1905
34.Alexandra's Time
35.Clara Westhoff, 1905

36.Summer 1905 in Ca' Savio
37.Snowbound in Eydtkuhnen, 1905
38.Return to St. Petersburg, 1905
39.Exploring St. Petersburg 1906
40.Pregnant Alexandra and Her Two Men
41.Uncle Muravi's Benz, Tiflis 1907
42.Family Reunion, Tiflis 1907
43.Niko and Claudia's Wedding, Tiflis 1907
44.The Dadiani Castle, Zugdidi 1907
45.Strange Happenings, Svaneti 1907
46.Calling the Dead, Svaneti 1907
47.Gocha, Svaneti 1907
48.Playing Games, St. Petersburg, 1907- 1910
49.Konrad Learns Chinese
50.Maritial Restlessness, 1908
51.A Stunning Discovery, Paris 1981
52.Alexandra in Paris, 1911
53.Konrad in China, 1911-1912
54.Konrad's Return from China, 1912
55.Alexandra's Journey to Munich, 1913
56.Dahl's Examination of Alexandra, 1913
57.Kandinsky, Murnau 1913
58.Alexandra's Return to Tiflis, 1913
59.St. Petersburg, Winter 1913 - 1914
60.The War Years, St. Petersburg 1914 - 1917
61.Their Flight to Georgia, 1918
62.Tbilisi 1918
63.Alexandra at Forty, Tbilisi 1918
64.German Troops in Tbilisi, 1918 - 1919
65.A Visit to Tbilisi, 1982
66.Alexandra's Letters, 1983
67.A Concert in Kreuth, April 1989


Appendices:
1. Sources
2. Horoscopes of Konrad and Alexandra

Mail coach on the Georgian Military Road, 1896

Mount Kazbeg from the village of Kazbegi, 1890s

Tiflis and the Kura from Mt. Mtatsminda, 1890s

Persian Rugdealer and Russian Buyer, Tiflis Bazaar, 1890s

Alaverdoba, 1890s

Ilia Chavchavadze's study in his Tbilisi town-house, 1890s

Dancers in a Mavlevi-Sufi Sema