{"product_id":"nicholas-and-alexandra-the-fall-of-the-romanov-dynasty-9780679645610","title":"Nicholas and Alexandra: The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty","description":"\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\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert K. Massie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.87w x 1.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679645610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Robert K. Massie \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47792895393949,"sku":"9780679645610","price":46.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_4bfcf157-a66c-4cf4-ace9-ae97c8c6f648.jpg?v=1774984454","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/nicholas-and-alexandra-the-fall-of-the-romanov-dynasty-9780679645610","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}