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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Last Tsar and his Family (Great Lives)

Nicholas and Alexandra: The Last Tsar and his Family (Great Lives)

by RobertK.Massie (Author)

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    Hardcover 2013

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Synopsis

A superbly crafted and humane portrait of the last days - and last rulers - of the Russian Empire.

Complementing his Pulitzer prize-winning Peter the Great, in this commanding book Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of imperial Russia to tell the story of the decline and fall of the ruling Romanov family: Tsar Nicholas II's political naivete; his wife Alexandra's obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin; and their son Alexis's battle with haemophilia.

Against a lavish backdrop of luxury and intrigue, Massie unfolds a family tragedy played out on the brutal stage of early twentieth-century Russian history - the tale of a doomed empire and the death-marked royals who watched it crumble.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 640
 Publisher: Head of Zeus
Published: 01 Jan 2013
ISBN 10: 1908800267
ISBN 13: 9781908800268

Media Reviews
'A moving, rich and densely documented account of the last Romanovs. The tale is so bizarre, no melodrama is equal to it.' Newsweek.
'Wonderfully rich tapestry...they come vividly alive before our eyes.' New York Times.
'A magnificent and intimate picture...the main characters [and] a whole era become alive and comprehensible' Harpers.
Author Bio

Robert K. Massie was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1929. He studied American History at Yale University and Modern European History at Oxford University, which he attended as a Rhodes scholar. He lives in Irvington, New York.