Nicholas and Alexandra

Posted on 25 May 2017 by Robert K. Massie

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 na vet , 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. New Download [ Nicholas and Alexandra ] Author [ Robert K. Massie ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr NO SPOILERS On completion I very highly recommend this book to those interested in Nicholas and Alexandra Romanov, to anyone interested in Russian history, to those interested in the beginning of Bolshevism in Russia and also to those who enjoy historical biographies written by talented authors Massie can write He knows his subject, in and out, backward and forward ...A monarchy falls A revolution begins A civil war is fought A wall is built A couple million die in gulags And all because two people fell in love The couple is, as the title might lead you to speculate, Nicholas and Alexandra The last of the Romanovs Tsar Nicholas II was a resoundingly mediocre man He did not have the capacity for greatness, which he showed time and again He led Russia from a great power into revolution, a long slide that saw the distrous Russo Sino War, anti semitic p A monarchy falls A revolution begins A civil war is fought A wall is built A couple million die in gulags And all because two people fell in love The couple is, as the title might lead you to speculate, Nicholas and Alexandra The last of the Romanovs Tsar Nicholas II was a resoundingly mediocre man He did not have the capacity for greatness, which he showed time and again He led Russia from a great power into revolution, a long slide that saw the distrous Russo Sino War, anti semitic pogroms, labor riots, and a smashing defeat by the Germans in World War I Exhibit A for the stupidity of hereditary monarchies is Nicholas II Alexandra Feodorovna, German born, was his wife She was quiet, distant, and private, which made her unpopular among the Russian court She was also, and most tragically, a carrier of hemophilia She passed this onto her son, Alexei, and then reached out to the mad monk Rasputin in a desperate attempt to heal him In Rob...Nicholas Alexandra is the tragic and compelling story of the last Tsar and his family by Robert K Massie, this book was first published in 1968 and is an amazing and historically accurate account of the fall of the Romanovs and the collapse of Imperial Russia but is also The story of Nicholas a husband and father and a family who dealt with a child suffering from haemophilia.The focus of this book is on the family but with an engrossing account of one of the century s most dramatic events Nicholas Alexandra is the tragic and compelling story of the last Tsar and his family by Robert K Massie, this book was first published in 1968 and is an amazing and historically accurat...Is it possible, he asked, that for twenty two years I tried to act for the best and that for twenty two years it was all a mistake The answer to this question is something neither Nicholas nor his beloved and adoring wife, Alix, would ever fully comprehend To the end, they continued to believe every folly that had made them prisoners in the land they once ruled with a single hand.This book is an excellent, easy to consume, history detailing the fall of the Romanov dynasty However, the authIs it possible, he asked, that for twenty two years I tried to act for the best and that for twenty two years it was all a mistake The answer to this question is something neither Nicholas nor his beloved and adoring wife, Alix, would ever fully comprehend To the end, they continued to believe every folly that had made them prisoners in the land they once ruled with a single hand.This book is an excellent, easy to consume, history detailing the fall of the Romanov dynasty However, the author does have bias Massie wants his readers to know that Nicholas II was, in fact, a really swell guy Yet, I c...A sweeping, tragic, impossibly romantic family saga this is history so compulsively readable that I finished it in a single weekend I knew, of course, how the story ends but I found myself caring so much that I longed to see history re written I found myself wishing, hoping against hope, that it would not end that way.Theirs was a true love match though it seemed an unlik...I was named after Nicholas and Alexandra s daughter Tatiana my mother is kind of romantically inclined like that My name was almost Yolanda or Sabrina, so I guess I should count myself lucky Anyway, this book is one of the things that inspired my mom, and so I rea...Reading Nicholas and Alexandra was like watching a train wreck in progress you knew where it was going, you knew how it had to end, yet you continued to stare, fascinated and horrified, hoping against hope that things might turn out differently, but of course they didn t Massie s account is decidedly sympathetic to the Tsar and Tsaritsa, but their memories have been so dragged through the mud of history that I think it s only fair that they should have someone come down so emphatically on Reading Nicholas and Alexandra was like watching a train wreck in progress you knew where it was going, you knew how it had to end, yet you continued to stare, fascinated and horrified, hoping against hope that things might turn out differently, but of course they didn t Massie s account is decidedly sympathetic to the Tsar and Tsaritsa, but their memories have been so dragged through the mud of history that I think it s only fair that they should have someone come down so emphatically on their side.Fascinating historical account of the life and death of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, and his wife Alexandra Federovna and their children, the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and the Tsarevich Alexei The book opens with a description of life in Imperial Russia and quickly moves on to discuss the Tsarevich Nic...Fascinante libro biogr fico sobre la vida, el entorno pol tico, social y emotivo del ltimo Zar de Rusia, Nicol s II y de su familia La pluma del autor Robert K Massie, historiador norteamericano, se muestra sumamente fina, amena e ilustrativa en esta por dem s pica y a la vez terrible historia, en donde el destino dej caer toda su fuerza tanto sobre Rusia como sobre la familia imperial El libro resulta adem s de placentero e interesante, bastante conmovedor, debido a las tragedias que aqu Fascinante libro biogr fico sobre la vida, el entorno pol tico, social y emotivo del ltimo Zar de Rusia, Nicol s II y de su familia La pluma del autor Robert K Massie, historiador norteamericano, se muestra sumamente fina, amena e ilustrativa en esta por dem s pica y a la vez terrible historia, en donde el destino dej caer toda su fuerza tanto sobre Rusia como sobre la familia imperial El libro resulta adem s de placentero e interesante, bastante conmovedor, debido a las tragedias que aqu se nos narran Asistir al ocaso del Imperio Ruso con todas sus implicaciones, as como contemplar la vida y el derrumbe de este buen hombre, Nicol s II, obligado a ser emperador por designios divinos de una sexta parte del territorio del planeta, no es motivo de alegr a Durant...A romantic, tragic and heart wrenching story told by a master storyteller Excellent book.Here are some things I knew about the Romanovs before reading Nicholas and Alexandra Their rule ended because of the Russian Revolution, which did not go particularly well for them or for anyone, really Alexis was a hemophiliac Rasputin was somehow involved, and he was also a bearded super creeper The 1997 animated film is, sadly, not an accurate portrayal of the fate of Anastasia Romanova.Which is to say that I learned quite a lot from this book.My history classes had an overly simplistic Here are some things I knew about the Romanovs before reading Nicholas and Alexandra Their rule ended because of the Russian Revolution, which did not go particularly well for them or for anyone, really Alexis was a hemophiliac Rasputin was somehow involved, and he was also a bearded super creeper The 1997 animated film is, sadly, not an accurate portrayal of the fate of Anastasia Romanova.Which is to say that I learned quite a lot from this book.My history classes had an overly simplistic narrative about European revolutions The story always went that the monarchs were fools who caredabout jewelry than the...

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25 May 2017

Robert K. Massie