Olga was the youngest of Alexander III's six children; her mother was the Danish princess, Maria Fyodorovna. She was born just after her father's accession, in 1882, when the throne was already in crisis. Her memoirs are suffused with a sort of distant innocence that has great c…
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Olga was the youngest of Alexander III's six children; her mother was the Danish princess, Maria Fyodorovna. She was born just after her father's accession, in 1882, when the throne was already in crisis. Her memoirs are suffused with a sort of distant innocence that has great c…
The world was told that the last Tsar of Russia and his family died in the "cellar massacre" in 1918, yet many did not believe it. The authors spent five years tracking down witnesses and documents, and discovered an official dossier - the file on the Tsar. It shows that the pub…
Draws on personal writings and private sources to illuminate the daily lives of the four Russian Grand Duchesses from their own perspectives, revealing their awareness of family turmoil and the approach of the Russian Revolution.
"They were the Princess Dianas of their day--perhaps the most photographed and talked about young royals of the early twentieth century. The four captivating Russian Grand Duchesses--Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Romanov--were much admired for their happy dispositions, thei…
"They were the Princess Dianas of their day--perhaps the most photographed and talked about young royals of the early twentieth century. The four captivating Russian Grand Duchesses--Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Romanov--were much admired for their happy dispositions, thei…
"This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition. Montefiore's gripping chronicle reveals their secret world of unlimited power and ruthless empire-building, overshadowed b…
"This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition. Montefiore's gripping chronicle reveals their secret world of unlimited power and ruthless empire-building, overshadowed b…
This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition. Montefiore's gripping chronicle reveals their secret world of unlimited power and ruthless empire-building, overshadowed by…
'In the House of the Romanovs, a mysterious curse descends from generation to generation. Murders and adultery, blood and mud ... Peter I kills his son; Alexander I kills his father; Catherine II kills her husband. The block, the rope and poison - these are the true emblems of R…
The acclaimed author of Young Stalin now gives us an accessible, lively, wholly revelatory account--based in part on new archival material--of the extraordinary men and women who ruled Russia for three centuries. In this fascinating chronicle, Simon Sebag Montefiore focuses his …
"The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all? This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some …
The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all? This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some t…
