Introduction: Shlisselburg Fortress, 1887 -- Leaving Shushenskoe -- Igniting the spark -- Konspiratsiya -- Becoming Lenin -- Dr. and Mrs. Richter -- "The dirty squabble abroad" -- "Strong talk and weak tea" -- "On the eve of barricades" -- Stolypin's neckties -- "The congress of undesirables" -- On thin ice -- "Why the hell did we go to Paris?" -- Inessa -- "Almost Russia" -- A Russian spy in Galicia -- "This damned Switzerland" -- "One fighting campaign after another" -- From the Spiegelgasse to the Finland Station -- Epilogue: Good-bye Lenin.