Massie, 9780575400061, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Massie wrote readable and respected biographies of russian royals, including nicholas and alexandra, which became a movie. Massie was the president of the authors guild from 1987. In this commanding book, robert k massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of imperial russia to tell the story of the romanovs. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read nicholas and alexandra. Massie is a book about the last russian tsar, nicholas ii.
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I would have posted but had to read the book that started my romanof addiction all over again. Schaffner and written by james goldman, based on robert k. In 1969 he wrote and published his breakthrough book, nicholas and alexandra. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 1967, and was written by robert k. He was president of the authors guild from 1987 to 1991. In this commanding book, pulitzer prize, winning author robert k. The pulitzer prizewinning author of peter the great, nicholas and alexandra, and the romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young german princess who traveled to russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history. The story of the love that ended an empirein this commanding book, pulitzer prize. Nicholas and alexandra is a 1971 british biographical film directed by franklin j. Nicholass political navet, alexandras obsession with the corrupt mystic rasputin, and little alexiss brave struggle with hemophilia.
The end of the romanovs is a subject that has fascinated countless nonfiction writers, but no book has yet eclipsed the fame of robert k massies pageturner. Massie is a graduate of yale and oxford universities, he is the recipient of a pulitzer prize, and his additional works include peter the great. Free download or read online nicholas and alexandra pdf epub book. The emotional fulcrum of massies book, of course, is the brief, tragic life of. Perhaps because he himself has a hemophiliac son, massie writes with pathos and presents something very real in the pages, not just dry facts of names, dates, and places.
Massie shows conclusively how the personal curse of the young heirs haemophilia, and the decisive influence it brought rasputin, became fatally linked with the collapse of imperial russia. His life and world for which he won a pulitzer prize for biography, the romanovs. It provides excellent atmosphere for imperial life. Against a lavish backdrop of luxury and intrigue, massie unfolds a powerful drama of passion and history. The focus is on the family with the great events of early twentieth century swirling in the background. Nicholas and alexandra is the sad and intriguing history of the last of the romanov family up to the time of their assassination.
Yesterday i downloaded nicholas and alexandra on my kindle. 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. He freely admits that the royal couple made many mistakes and took wrong decisions, but not because they were. Massies book of the same name, which is a partial account of the last ruling russian monarch, tsar nicholas ii of russia, and his wife, tsarina alexandra. Written a decade before the remains of nicholas, alexandra and. He had the style and training to be a nineteenth century european ruler, but instead he was the tsar in twentieth century. Massie, prizewinning author of catherine the great, sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of imperial russia to tell. The classic account of the fall of the romanov dynasty ebook by robert k. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 640 pages and is available in paperback format. Massie was inspired to write the book after his own son was diagnosed with. Massiealso available are peter the great and the romanovs in this commanding book, robert k. Massie, spent almost half a century studying tsarist russia, his personal interest in the. Massie random house trade paperbacks listen to nicholas and alexandra.
Nicholass political na vet, alexandras obsession with the corrupt mystic rasputin, and little alexiss brave struggle with hemophilia. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of imperial russia to tell the story of the. This book is about tsar nicholas ii and his family. The classic account of the fall of the romanov dynasty ebook written by robert k. In this commanding book, pulitzer prizewinning author robert k.
It stars michael jayston and janet suzman, with a number of major actors in supporting roles. An intimate account of the last of the romanovs and the fall of imperial russia is a 1967 biography of the last royal family of russia by historian robert k. Massie, prizewinning author of catherine the great, sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of imperial russia to tell the story of the romanovs lives. Nicholas and alexandra by robert massie read online on. Nicholass political naivete, alexandras obsession with the corrupt mystic rasputin, and little alexiss brave struggle with haemophilia. Massie is the leading authority on the house of romanov. From the modern librarys new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by robert k. Massie massie was inspired to write the book after his own son was diagnosed with hemophilia, which tsarevich alexei had suffered in 1971, the book was adapted to film, also as nicholas and alexandra, directed. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of imperial russia to.
It is more about nicholas as a husband and father than. Buy a cheap copy of nicholas and alexandra book by robert k. Nicholas and alexandra is characterized by impeccable and masterful scholarship. Many people say that nicholas was in the wrong place in history at the wrong time.
Nicholas s political naivete, alexandra s obsession with the corrupt mystic rasputin, and little alexiss brave struggle with hemophilia. The main characters of this history, non fiction story are grand duchess anastasia nikolaevna of. Massies thesis is that nicholas and alexandras relationships with each other and with their hemophiliac son alexei are key for explaining the influence of rasputin and the downfall of the romanovs. Massie, 9780345438317, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. The fall of the romanov dynasty is the seminal work of robert k. The classic account of the fall of the romanov dynasty. Massie was born in lexington, kentucky, and studied american history at yale and european history at oxford, which he attended as a rhodes scholar. The seams of this book are too narrow to be scanned. This book gives a fascinating portrait of nicholas ii, and his wife alexandra feodorovna. Next month i am ordering massies new book on catherine the great. The story of the love that ended an empire in this commanding book, pulitzer prizewinning author robert k. Massies book may well incite the greatest interest, if only because of the phenomenal success of his 1967 biography, nicholas and alexandra.
Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of imperial russia to tell the story of the romanovs lives. Massie went to work as a journalist for newsweek from 1959 to 1962 and then took a position at the saturday evening post. Nicholas and alexandra 2000 read online free book by. 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. The classic account of the fall of the romanov dynasty audiobook by robert k. In regards to massies intent with the writing of this book, he was extremely successful in. Nicholas and alexandra have been portrayed as heartless monsters or dimwitted nincompoops in many history books. Nicholass political naivete, alexandras obsession with the corrupt mystic.
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