Nicholas and Alexandra - 9780679645610

In this commanding book, Robert K. Massie, prize-winning author of Catherine the Great, sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of Imperial Russia 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.

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These Robert K. Massie books are available in Modern Library editions

Nicholas and Alexandra

“A magnificent and intimate picture . . . Not only the main characters but a whole era become alive and comprehensible.”—Harper’s

Peter the Great
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

“Enthralling . . . as fascinating as any novel and more so than most.”—The New York Times Book Review

The Romanovs

“Riveting . . . unfolds like a detective story.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review