Nicholas and Alexandra
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780575054370 (0575054379)
Publish date: 1992
Publisher: Victor Gollancz
Edition language: English
The title signals this is a dual biography. Yes, one set against the backdrop of the last decades of Imperial Russia and the Russian Revolution, but more intimate portrait of a couple than a book that deals with impersonal historical forces, though I think it gives enough of the context to make the ...
Nicholas & Alexandra is the tragic and compelling story of the last Tsar and his family by Robert K. Massie, this book was first published in 1968 and is an amazing and historically accurate account of the fall of the Romanovs and the collapse of Imperial Russia but is also The story of Nicholas a h...
Exquisitely well written, Massie didn't lose my attention for even a single moment throughout this 500+ page book.
Wow... Massie is a talented and gifted writer. I can truly see why we won the Pulitzer for this book. It's excellently written. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the Tsar's tragic history. While I knew the basics behind it and maybe a bit more. Massie dives into the idea that if Hemophilia hadn't...
NO SPOILERS!!!On completion: I very highly recommend this book to those interested in Nicholas and Alexandra Romanov, to anyone interested in Russian history, to those interested in the beginning of Bolshevism in Russia and also to those who enjoy historical biographies written by talented authors. ...
13 years ago
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