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History offers few eras richer in drama than the last years of imperial Russia. Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Empress Alexandra, presided over a glittering world of huge palaces, lavish balls, and incomparable luxury. Then their cherished son Alexis was born. His hemophilia led to their tragic entanglement with the bizarre Siberian mystic Rasputin and eventually to the disintegration of their empire.

"Nicholas and Alexandra" is the unforgettable intimate account of the entire imperial family, now in a trade paperback format for the first time. Told with scrupulous historical accuracy and stunning narrative power, "Nicholas and Alexandra" is a masterpiece of the biographer's art.

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Massie offers a moving, tragic, and unforgettable account of the extraordinary Imperial dynasty of Tsar Nicholas II, his doomed empire, and a revolution that would inexorably change the world forever.

"A larger than life drama."--Saturday Review

Synopsis:

The story of the love that ended an empire

In this commanding book, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of Imperial Russia to tell the story of the Romanovs’ lives: Nicholas’s political naïveté, Alexandra’s obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis’s brave struggle with hemophilia. Against a lavish backdrop of luxury and intrigue, Massie unfolds a powerful drama of passion and history—the story of a doomed empire and the death-marked royals who watched it crumble.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 589-594) and index.
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About the Author

Robert K. Massie was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and studied American history at Yale and European history at Oxford, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He was president of the Authors Guild from 1987 to 1991. His books include Nicholas and Alexandra, Peter the Great: His Life and World (for which he won a Pulitzer Prize for biography), The Romanovs: The Final Chapter, Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War, Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea, and Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780345438317
Author:
Massie, Robert
Publisher:
Random House Trade
Author:
Massie, Robert K.
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Political
Subject:
Royalty
Subject:
History
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Russia
Subject:
Emperors
Subject:
Nicholas ii, emperor of russia, 1868-1918
Subject:
Adult
Subject:
Russia History Nicholas II, 1894-1917.
Subject:
Nicholas
Subject:
Biography-Royalty
Subject:
Biography-Historical
Copyright:
2000
Edition Number:
1st Ballantine ed.
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
001-99
Publication Date:
20000231
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
PHOTO INSERT; FAMILY TREE; MAP
Pages:
640
Dimensions:
8.32x5.56x1.43 in. 1.17 lbs.
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Product details 640 pages Ballantine Books - English 9780345438317 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , Massie offers a moving, tragic, and unforgettable account of the extraordinary Imperial dynasty of Tsar Nicholas II, his doomed empire, and a revolution that would inexorably change the world forever.

"A larger than life drama."--Saturday Review
"Synopsis" by , The story of the love that ended an empire

In this commanding book, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of Imperial Russia to tell the story of the Romanovs’ lives: Nicholas’s political naïveté, Alexandra’s obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis’s brave struggle with hemophilia. Against a lavish backdrop of luxury and intrigue, Massie unfolds a powerful drama of passion and history—the story of a doomed empire and the death-marked royals who watched it crumble.
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