Amazon Description:
“The story of the love that ended an empire. In this commanding book, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of Imperial Russia 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 hemophilia. 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.”
My thoughts:
Simply amazing. Massie is a master of the historical.
Russian history is rich and intriguing. Nicholas was the last Tsar of Russia. He and his family are brought to life on the page. Although this is nonfiction, it reads like a novel.
I started the book, knowing how it would end, but I was still emotionally impacted. Such an awful fate for this family; haunting. I will continue to read about the Romanov dynasty. After this particular book was published more information was revealed during the fall of Communism. Massie has a follow up with “The Romanov’s: The Final Chapter.”
A definite recommend for the historical reader.
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