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Nicholas and Alexandra
The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
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Offers an account of the last of the Romanov dynasty, the love affair of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra, their family, their involvement with Rasputin, and the revolution that transformed imperial Russia.
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A “magnificent and intimate” (Harper’s) modern classic of Russian history, the spellbinding story of the love that ended an empire—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, The Romanovs, and Catherine the Great.
“A moving, rich book . . . [This] revealing, densely documented account of the last Romanovs focuses not on the great events . . . but on the royal family and their evil nemesis. . . . The tale is so bizarre, no melodrama is equal to it.”—Newsweek
In this commanding book, New York Times bestselling author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of the Russian empire 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 haemophilia.
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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Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie is praised for its vivid depiction of the tragic Romanov family, capturing their humanity and romantic story. Reviewers highlight the author's sympathetic and detailed portrayal that brings not only the main characters but the entire era to life with clarity and vividness, rendering the story both intimate and dramatic.
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ISBN: 9780345438317
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 February 2000
Country: United States
Imprint: Ballantine Books Inc.
Illustration: PHOTO INSERT; FAMILY TREE; MAP
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 36.0mm
Width: 139.0mm
Height: 208.0mm
Weight: 510g
Pages: 640
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. Robert K. Massie died in 2019.
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