The Romanovs
Book description
The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all?
This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some touched by…
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1 author picked The Romanovs as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A very helpful man and a very helpful book when it comes to a comprehensive overview of the Romanov regime and epoch as a whole.
Although it is rather an immense tome and thus perhaps not as accessible for a novice as some of the others I have recommended.
Again, unfortunately, Alexandra is not portrayed particularly sympathetically.
From Mickey's list on Rasputin and his Russian queen.
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