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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K Massie Publisher Comments The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $23.00 Used - Hardcover 
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Nicholas and Alexandra : the Story of the Love That Ended an Empire (00 Edition) by Robert K. Massie Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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From Splendor to Revolution: The Romanov Women, 1847-1928 by Julia P Gelardi Publisher Comments This sweeping saga recreates the extraordinary opulence and violence of Tsarist Russia as the shadow of revolution fell over the land, and destroyed a way of life for these Imperial women The early 1850s until the late 1920s marked a turbulent and... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Romanovs by Robert K Massie Publisher Comments In 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow grave near Ekaterinberg, Siberia. Were these the remains of the last tsar and his family, murdered over 70 years before? Pulitzer Prize winner Massie now answers this question, going back to the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Alexander I :Russia's mysterious tsar by Marian Dziewanowski Book News Annotation A popular account of the enigmatic monarch that locates him both among the events and personalities of the court of St. Petersburg and on the larger stage of Napoleonic Europe. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Last Days of the Romanovs (10 Edition) by Rappaport Publisher Comments The brutal murder of the Russian Imperial family on the night of July 16-17, 1918 has long been a defining moment in world history. This book gives a riveting day-by-day account of the last fourteen days of their lives, as the conspiracy to kill them... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Romanovs: Autocrats of All the Russians by W Bruce Lincoln Publisher Comments For three centuries--beginning with the accession of Mikhail Feodorovich Romanov in 1613--the Romanov Dynasty ruled Russia. Its reign ended with the execution of Nicholas II and Alexandra in the early 20th century. Noted Russian... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Image of Peter the Great in Russian History and Thought by Nichola Riasanovsky Publisher Comments In this scholarly study, the author examines the way in which Peter the Great has been perceived over the years by artists, writers, intellectuals, and other historians, and what his image has meant to Russian culture during various historical periods... (read more) List Price $74.25 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar by Edvard Radzinsky Publisher Comments Alexander II was Russia's Lincoln, and the greatest reformer tsar since Peter the Great. He was also one of the most contradictory, and fascinating, of history's supreme leaders. He freed the serfs, yet launched vicious wars. He engaged in the sexual... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The White Night of St. Petersburg by Prince Michael Of Gr Publisher Comments From the glittering splendor of Imperial Russia to treks across the barren steppe, "The White Night of St. Petersburg" brings to life a fascinating and forgotten member of one of history's most legendary families.... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Catherine the Great: Life and Legend by John T Alexander Publisher Comments One of the most colorful characters in modern history, Catherine II of Russia began her life as a minor German princess, until the childless Empress Elizabeth and Catherine's own scheming mother married her off to the Grand Duke Peter of Russia at age... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Nicholas II by Helene C Dencausse Book News Annotation Presents a detailed history of the last Romanov czar, Nicholas II, whose execution ushered in the Communist era in Russia. Examines his early years growing up in the imperial court, and provides background on the Romanov dynasty as a whole. Includes... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Imperial Legend: The Mysterious Disappearance of Tsar Alexanderi by Alexis Troubetzkoy Publisher Comments One of Russia's greatest emperors, beloved of his subjects for his many liberalizing works domestically and for his victory over the great Napoleon Bonaparte, Alexander I presumably died in 1825, at the age of 48. Ever since then, rumors have swirled... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Catherine the Great (Life×) by Michael Streeter Synopsis A fascinating life of a ruler who was deservedly styled 'the Great'... (read more) List Price $15.25 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Fate of the Romanovs by Greg King Publisher Comments Rumors, mysteries, and tales of horrifying privation and torture have echoed through the years, inspiring wild speculation and fantastic claims of the "truth" of the final days of Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II and his family. Now, in the first... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Michael and Natasha: The Life and Love of Michael II, the Last of the Romanov Tsars by Rosemary Crawford Publisher Comments Grand Duke Michael Aleksandrovich was the tall, handsome, well-liked brother of Tsar Nicholas II. Nathalie Wulfert was the cunning and extraordinarily beautiful daughter of a common-born Moscow lawyer, and the wife of a Guards officer. The Grand Duke... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Flight of the Romanovs: A Family Saga by John Curtis Perry Publisher Comments A saga of love and lust, personal tensions and rivalries, antagonisms and hatreds, The Flight of the Romanovs describes the last century of the Russian imperial dynasty-a century that saw the greatest social and political upheavals in all of recorded... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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From Splendor to Revolution: The Romanov Women, 1847--1928 by Julia P Gelardi Publisher Comments This sweeping saga recreates the extraordinary opulence and violence of Tsarist Russia as the shadow of revolution fell over the land, and destroyed a way of life for these Imperial women The early 1850s until the late 1920s marked a turbulent and... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Romanovs: Ruling Russia 1613-1917 by Lindsey Hughes Publisher Comments For 300 years the history of Russia was inextricably linked to one family: The Romanovs. Claiming a divine right to reign and tracing the family lineage back to Peter the Great, they were Russia's second and last imperial dynasty and, for better or worse,... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Catherine the Great: Love, Sex, and Power by Virginia Rounding Publisher Comments From the acclaimed author of Grandes Horizontales comes a book that the Washington Post calls a vivid portrait of a sensual and intellectual woman. Dutiful daughter, passionate lover, doting grandmother, tireless legislator, generous patron of artists... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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