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    Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie

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    • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
    • Pub. Date: February 2000
    • ISBN-13: 9780345438317
    • Sales Rank: 18,646
    • 640pp
     
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    Synopsis

    Part Two Of Two Parts

    Nicholas and Alexandra were the last of the Romanovs, remembered by us today chiefly as the parents who with their four daughters and son were murdered by the Bolsheviks.

    The times were not propitious when Nicholas came to power. It is doubtful Nicholas could have survived the times, even with luck, but fate seemed against him. His son's hemophilia was a great burden; worse was Rasputin, an unprincipled Siberian mystic. On top of it all came the great war in 1914. When Russian armies suffered staggering defeats, the whole structure began to crumble.

    "Massie gives the tantalizing what-ifs of history a full airing in this satisfying follow-up to PETER THE GREAT, another acknowledged master-work." (Journal of Literary Reviews)

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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. Photo insert.

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    Customer Rating for this product is 5 out of 5 Russian History at it's most interesting.
    Lily, a bookseller and student., 04/22/2007

    As a student of history, I find a lot of the books can be dull or dry. Not this one. It's full of interesting infomation to humanise a very vivid part of Russian history with two of her most interesting characters. While completely non-fiction, it doesn't read like a textbook.

    Customer Rating for this product is 5 out of 5 An EXCELLENT piece literature!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Brian, a history teacher, 06/25/2006

    EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of the best book ever writing dealing with royal european history. The relationship between Nicholas & Alexandra and the times in which they lived is written in a very detailed and enjoyable fashion. If you love this book you should watch the movie Nicholas and Alexandra staring Janet Suzman and Tom Baker which was made in 1972.

    Also recommended: Peter the Great by Robert K Massie, The Romanovs: The Final Chapter by Robert K Massie, The Last Tsar by Edward Radzinsky, and The Last Empress by Greg King

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