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"The Romance of the Romanovs" is a detailed treatise on the Romanov Dynasty of Russia and their eventual downfall, written by Joseph McCabe. Within it, McCabe explores this notably autocratic episode of history, looking at its origin, brutality, corruption, and its terrible final struggle and defeat. The House of Romanov was the second ruling Russian dynasty after the House of Rurik, reigning from 1613 until the Russian Revolution in 1917. The Romanov...
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First published in 1921, this book contains the memoirs of Pierre Gilliard. Pierre Gilliard (1879-1962) was a Swiss author and academic famous for being the French language tutor of Russian Emperor Nicholas II's children between 1905 and 1918. Within these pages, Gilliard describes Tsarina Alexandra's sadness relating to her son's hemophilia and her belief in Grigori Rasputin's ability to help the boy. This volume constitutes a must-read for those...
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This is an English translation of "The Private Life of the Romanoffs", originally published in German and written by Bernhard Stern. Within this volume, Stern explores the idea of the Romanoffs as tyrants, focusing on the various influences upon the rulers by their 'mistresses and favourites'. A fascinating insight into the lives and loves of the Romanoffs, this volume is not to be missed by those with an interest in Russian history and the events...
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"Once a Grand Duke" is a 1931 work by former Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (1866 — 1933), a dynast of the Russian Empire, author, explorer, naval officer, and the brother-in-law of Emperor Nicholas II. Within these pages, he gives a fascinating and unique account of the last fifty years of the Russian Empire, concentrating of course on the Romanov Family and the events leading up to the fated February Revolution. This volume will appeal...
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"This significant biography of the 16th-century Russian czar...is likely to become the definitive work on Ivan for some time" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
One of the most important figures in Russian history, Ivan IV Vasilyevich has remained among the most neglected. The country's first Tsar, he is notorious for pioneering a policy of unrestrained terror-and for killing his own son. In Ivan the Terrible, Russian historian Isabel de Madariaga...
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First published in 1918, this volume contains the fascinating memoirs of Renée Elton Maud, who spent a year in the Russian Court during the rule of Czar Nicholas II, the last Romanov to rule Russia. The House of Romanov was the second ruling Russian dynasty after the House of Rurik, reigning from 1613 until the Russian Revolution in 1917. The Romanov dynasty had 65 members at the start of 1917. By the end of it, 18 had been killed by the Bolsheviks...
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An insider's gossipy, tell-all account of pre-revolutionary royal life, full of scandals, rivalries, and affairs, among the great dynasties of Europe.
In the wake of World War I, a series of revolutions ended the reign of Europe's last great royal families. Much has been written about how these dynasties-the Romanovs of Russia, the Hapsburgs of Austria, and the Hohenzollerns of Germany, helped shaped the events of their own demise. But in “Secrets...
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Peter the Great was a giant in every way: in physical stature, willpower, enthusiasm, energy, libertinism, and refusal to accept old conventions, he stood head and shoulders above his contemporaries. He grew up in an atmosphere of fear, suspicion, and violent court rivalries. As a product of the system, Peter was, of necessity, ruthless and tyrannical, but what earned him his place in history was tearing his country from its traditional, oriental...
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Anna Alexandrovna Vyrubova (1884-1964) was a Russian lady-in-waiting and close friend of Tsaritsa Alexandra Fyodorovna, Empress of Russia and wife of the last ruler of the Russian Empire, Nicholas II. Within this fascinating volume, she recounts her unique experiences of life at the Russian court and relationship with the Romanov family during the years leading up to the 1917 revolution. Offering extraordinary insights into the Romanovs and the political...
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The tumultuous story of the Romanovs and their enigmatic relationship with Britain is brought to life in Stephan Roman's Isle and Empires, as he explores the misunderstandings, suspicions and alliances that created an uneasy partnership between two of the world's most powerful Empires. The Isle of Wight was at the heart of this relationship, an island off the south coast of England that intimately linked the British royal family and the Romanovs....
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Dutiful daughter, frustrated wife, passionate lover, domineering mother, doting grandmother, devoted friend, tireless legislator, generous patron of artists and philosophers-the Empress Catherine II, the Great, was all these things, and more. Her reign, the longest in Russian Imperial history, lasted from 1762 until her death in 1796; during those years she built on the work begun by her most famous predecessor, Peter the Great, to establish Russia...
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This intimate look at the bond between Queen Victoria and her granddaughter is "full of details regarding many European royals... thoroughly engrossing"(Kathryn J. Atwood, author of Women Heroes of World War II).
When Queen Victoria's second daughter Princess Alice married the Prince Louis of Hesse and Rhine in 1862, even her own mother described the ceremony as "more of a funeral than a wedding," thanks to the fact that it took place shortly after...
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