{"product_id":"nicholas-and-alexandra-the-classic-account-of-the-fall-of-the-romanov-dynasty-paperback","title":"Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert K. Massie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"magnificent and intimate\" (\u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e) modern classic of Russian history, the spellbinding story of the love that ended an empire--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePeter the Great, The Romanovs, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCatherine the Great\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A moving, rich book . . . [This] revealing, densely documented account of the last Romanovs focuses not on the great events . . . but on the royal family and their evil nemesis. . . . The tale is so bizarre, no melodrama is equal to it.\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNewsweek \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this commanding book, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of the Russian empire to tell the story of the Romanovs' lives: Nicholas's political naïveté, 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.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a quarter of a century after it was first published in hardcover comes a never-before-issued trade paperback edition of the classic Nicholas and Alexandra. Featuring a new introduction by its Pulitzer Prize -- winning author, this powerful work sweeps us back to the extraordinary world of Imperial Russia to tell the story of the Romanovs' lives: Nicholas's political naivete, Alexandra's obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis's brave struggle with hemophilia. Against a lavish backdrop of luxury and intrigue, Robert K. Massie unfolds a powerful drama of passion and history -- the story of a doomed empire and the death-marked royals who watched it crumble. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert K. Massie\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and studied American history at Yale and European history at Oxford, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He was president of the Authors Guild from 1987 to 1991. His books include \u003ci\u003eNicholas and Alexandra, Peter the Great: His Life and World\u003c\/i\u003e (for which he won a Pulitzer Prize for biography), \u003ci\u003eThe Romanovs: The Final Chapter, Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War, Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCatherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman\u003c\/i\u003e. Robert K. Massie died in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 640\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.43 x 8.32 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755600281888,"sku":"9780345438317","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9b7e344ec53ad6f655d42f8bc3529e9b.webp?v=1780063278","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/nicholas-and-alexandra-the-classic-account-of-the-fall-of-the-romanov-dynasty-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}