While he was working on the evolving outline, he used the following titles:
- “The Debutante”
- “An Edwardian Lady/Killing”
- “An Edwardian Funeral”
- “The Anarchist: An Edwardian Thriller”
These are all handwritten and undated.
By the time he started calling the novel “The Russian Prince” on his evolving outline, he included the following as alternate titles:
- “The Man from St. Petersburg”
- “Lady Walden’s Folly”
- “The Last Long Summer”
- “The Debutante and the Anarchist”
These are also undated.
Called "The Russian Prince" by April 1980 on 1st draft outline.
Called "Feliks" on 1st draft, May 1981
Back to the Russian Prince in September 1981 in correspondence
By the time he was on the final draft in October 1981, it was “The Man from St. Petersburg”
Published in 1982 by William Morrow, New York
Published in French as L' homme de Saint-Petersbourg by Robert Laffont
Published in German as Der Mann Aus St Petersburg by Lübbe
Published in Italian as L'Uome di Pietroburgo by Mondadori
Outline Chronology
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Debutante) Box 15 Folder 1] |
2pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Edwardian Lady/Killing) [Box 15 Folder 2] |
6pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Edwardian Funeral) [Box 15 Folder 3] |
4pp |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Anarchist, an Edwardian Thriller) [Box 15 Folder 4] |
7pp |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Anarchist, an Edwardian Thriller) [Box 15 Folder 5] |
6pp |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Anarchist, an Edwardian Thriller) [Box 15 Folder 6] |
5pp |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Anarchist, an Edwardian Thriller) [Box 15 Folder 7] |
6pp |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Anarchist, an Edwardian Thriller) [Box 15 Folder 8] |
9pp |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Russian Prince) [Box 15 Folder 9] |
7pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Russian Prince) [Box 15 Folder 10] |
5pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Russian Prince) [Box 15 Folder 11] |
8pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Russian Prince) [Box 15 Folder 12] |
7pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Russian Prince) [Box 15 Folder 13] |
8pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Russian Prince) [Box 15 Folder 14] |
12pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Russian Prince) [Box 15 Folder 15] |
11pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Russian Prince) [Box 15 Folder 16] |
11pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Russian Prince) [Box 15 Folder 17] |
12pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Russian Prince) [Box 15 Folder 18] |
14pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Russian Prince) [Box 15 Folder 19] |
14pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Russian Prince) [Box 15 Folder 20] |
17pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Russian Prince) [Box 15 Folder 21] |
18pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Russian Prince) [Box 15 Folder 22] |
23pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Starts with "Three") [Box 15 Folder 23] |
10pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: )Starts with "Three" [Box 15 Folder 24] |
10pp. |
| n.d. | (Evolving Outline: Starts with "Eight") [Box 15 Folder 25] |
7pp. |
| 9 April 1980 | (1st draft, not a proposal) [Box 17 Folder 30] |
14pp. |
| 18 August 1980 | [Box 17 Folder 34] | 33pp. |
| 18 August 1980 | #2 [Box 17 Folder 35] |
23pp. |
| n.d. | #3 [Box 17 Folder 36] |
12pp. |
| n.d. | #5 [Box 17 Folder 36] |
17pp. |
| n.d. | #7 [Box 17 Folder 40] |
16pp. |
| n.d. | #8 [Box 17 Folder 41] |
12pp. |
| n.d. | #9 [Box 17 Folder 42] |
9pp. |
| 19 November 1980 | 2nd draft, Outline, handwritten notes (1 of 2) [Box 17 Folder 46] |
35pp. |
| 11 February 1992 | 2nd draft, Outline, handwritten notes (1 of 2) [Box 17 Folder 48] |
35pp. |
| n.d. | #2 [Box 17 Folder 49] |
25pp. |
| n.d. | #3 [Box 17 Folder 50] |
17pp. |
| n.d. | #4 [Box 17 Folder 51] |
22pp. |
| n.d. | #5 [Box 17 Folder 52] |
5pp. |
| n.d. | #6 [Box 17 Folder 53] |
16pp. |
| n.d. | #7 (handwritten plot) [Box 17 Folder 54] |
16pp. |
| Box 16 (Oversized) | |||
| (29) | The following “research” material consists of miscellaneous Xeroxed pages from various books and newspapers: | ||
| Research: The Times Annual Index 1913 | 2pp. | ||
| Research: London’s Social Calendar1914 | 1p. | ||
| Research: London Season, “The Heart of the Season” | 2pp. | ||
| Research: The International Anarchy, 1904-1914 | 6pp. | ||
| Research: Sir Edward Grey 1971 | 2pp. | ||
| Research: Europe’s Crucial Years: The Diplomatic Background of World War I | 1p | ||
| Research: From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: The Royal Navy in the Fischer Era, 1904-1914, Volume 1 1961 | 2pp. | ||
| Research: Foreign Policy Under Sir Edward Grey | 3pp. | ||
| Research: Origins of the First World War | 2pp | ||
| Research: Lord Grey and the World War | 5pp | ||
| Research: Manners and Rules of Good Society | 15pp. | ||
| Research: Entente Diplomacy and the World | 9pp. | ||
| Research: History of the Great War, Based on Official Documents, Volume 1, Naval Operations; to the Battle of the Falkland. | 10pp. | ||
| Research: British documents on the Origins of the War, 1898-1914, Volume 10, Part 2, The Last Years of Peace 1967 | 3pp. | ||
| Research: Cambridge History of British Foreign Policy, Volume III, 1866-1919 | 3pp. | ||
| Research: Mirage of Power, British Foreign Policy, 1902-1914, Volume 1 | 4pp. | ||
| Research: Grey of Fallodon 1937 | 2pp. | ||
| Research: Twenty-five Years, 1892-1916 | 8pp. | ||
| Research: Before the Lamps Went Out | 9pp. | ||
| Research: New Book of Etiquette 1907 | 19pp. | ||
| Research: The London Years 1956 | 23pp. | ||
| Research: The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page | 7pp. | ||
| Research: Fashions in London 1952 | 1p. | ||
| Research: A Punch History of Manners and Modes | 11pp. | ||
| Research: The Queen, The Lady’s Newspaper | 11 April 1914 | 2pp. | |
| 16 May 1914 | 3pp. | ||
| 23 May 1914 | 2pp. | ||
| 30 May 1914 | 2pp. | ||
| 6 June 1914 | 1p. | ||
| 13 June 1914 | 11pp. | ||
| 18 June 1914 | 2pp. | ||
| 20 June 1914 | 4pp. | ||
| Box 18 | |||
| (59) | 1st draft, 342 numbered pages, some missing (1 of 3) | 17 May 1981 | 342pp. |
| (60) | 1st draft, Feliks, (2 of 3) | 17 May 1981 | 274pp. |
| (61) | 1st draft, Feliks, (3 of 3) | 17 May 1981 | 342pp |
| (62) | Correspondence from Hilary Ross: Comments on draft of Feliks | 3 June 1981 | 2pp. |
| (63) | Correspondence from “M”: Notes on draft | 22 June 1981 | 4pp. |
| (64) | Notes on the 1st draft, Feliks (2 copies) | 30 June 1981 | 20pp. |
| (66) | Correspondence from Sue Rapp: Comments on The Russian Prince | 18 September 1981 | 2pp. |
| (67) | Correspondence from Al Zuckerman: Comments on The Russian Prince | 22 September 1981 | 6pp. |
| (68) | Final draft (1 of 3) | 7 October 1981 | 388pp. |
| Box 21 | |||
| (69) | Final draft (2 of 3) | 7 October 1981 | 388pp |
| (70) | Final draft (3 of 3), with new pages | 7 October 1981 | 388pp. |
| New pages | n.d. | 24pp. | |
| (71) | Correspondence from Caren Meyer: Comments on draft | 9 October 1981 | 5pp. |