a grand sweep of modern Russian history in one volume

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	• Nicholas & Alexandra Robert K. Massie Scribner, 1972 - 608 pages average customer review:based on 108 reviews
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highly recommended

Excellent, Amazing Book!

Robert K. Massie first penned this wonderful book 40 years ago, yet it remains the best Romanov book out there. He is an amazing writer, and "Nicholas and Alexandra" is a masterpiece.

Very Thorough!!!!!!

Massie's book is an unbelievable resource for anyone conducting research on the Romanov family. The book also provides an excellent picture of the forces at work behind the collapse of the autocracy, world war I and the rise of Bolshevism. It's also an interesting love story told through the letters of the Tsar and Tsarina. Regardless of why you may find yourself reading it, I highly recommend it.

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a grand sweep of modern Russian history in one volume

Once started, I could not put this book down. It gives the big picture...the end of Russian imperialism and the birth of communism...and then it brings it down to the personal tragedy of the imperial family. I found myself grieving for them and wishing that they could have somehow survived. A thousand "what ifs" crossed my mind as I read this book. What if the tsarevich had not been hemophilic...what if another country could have offered the imperial family asylum and had provided them with a way of getting out of Russia before they were murdered.....what if the tsar would have been more in touch with the common Russian people.....what if the tsarina could have been more rational about her son's illness and about the insanity of allowing Rasputin to interfere in her husband's government. This book touches all the bases and made a confirmed Romanov fan out of me.

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A GREAT READ!

Like a number of other reviewers, this is one that I set down and read about every three or four years. It is that delightful! I normally like my history a little more "hard core" but this work is an exception. It reads more like a novel than most biographies, yet is simply loaded with facts concerning the last Russian Tsar and his family. The book was of course written several years ago and new facts concerning this royal family and their country during this time period have come to light since that time. This is not a distraction in the least. A good story, well told, is still a good story and the author did quite well with in information available to him at that time. This work did, like other reviewers, strick a spark and intrest in Russian history that has lead to much good reading since I first read it. For that I am grateful. Highly recommend this to any one who is not only interested in history, but for anyone interested in just a good human story.

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learning history while being highly entertained

As the book went on it became more interesting and once I finished it i appreciated every chapter. it was fascinating to learn how much alexandra influenced Nicholas and see how his character made him incapable of being the leader he should have been. I felt I was given a good image of what life was like in the time period in which Russia's monarchy was coming to an end. Despite getting a numerous amount of facts it didn't feel like I was reading the typically boring history book.i also got a feel of what it is for someone to have hemophelia, their youngest and only son had it.

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