Description |
xxi, 613 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables, map ; 21 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
1894: Imperial Russia -- Tsarevich Nicholas -- Princess Alix -- Marriage -- Coronation -- New Tsar -- Two revolutionaries -- Kaiser's advice -- 1905 -- Tsar's village -- "OTMA" and Alexis -- Mother's agony -- Royal progress -- "Little one will not die" -- Rasputin -- Holy devil -- "We want a great Russia" -- Romanov dynasty -- Long summer of 1914 -- For the defense of Holy Russia -- Stavka -- "Poor fellows, they are ready to give their lives for a smile" -- Fateful deception -- Government disintegrates -- Prince and the peasant -- Last winter at Tsarskoe selo -- Revolution: March 1917 -- Abdication -- Empress alone -- Citizen Romanov -- "His Majesty's government does not insist" -- Siberia -- Good Russian men -- Ekaterinburg -- Epilogue -- Genealogy of Nicholas and Alexandra -- Acknowledgments. |
Summary |
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. |
Subject |
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918.
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Alexandra, Empress, consort of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1872-1918.
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Chronological Term |
1801-1917 |
Subject |
Emperors -- Russia -- Biography.
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Empresses -- Russia -- Biography.
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Emperors. |
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Empresses. |
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Kings and rulers. |
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Politics and government. |
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Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Russia -- Politics and government -- 1894-1917.
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Russia -- History -- 1801-1917.
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Russia. |
Genre |
Biography.
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History.
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Biographies.
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ISBN |
9780345438317 (pbk.) |
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0345438310 (pbk.) |
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