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Nicholas and Alexandra - (Modern Library (Hardcover)) by Robert K Massie (Hardcover)

Nicholas and Alexandra - (Modern Library (Hardcover)) by  Robert K Massie (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Originally published: New York, Atheneum, 1967.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>From the Modern Library's new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by Robert K. Massie--also available are <i>Peter the Great </i>and <i>The Romanovs</i></b> <p/>In this commanding book, Robert K. Massie, prize-winning author of <i>Catherine the Great, </i> 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. <p/> <b>The Modern Library of the World's Best Books</b><br> <b> </b><br> <b>Nicholas and Alexandra</b><br> <b> </b><br> "A magnificent and intimate picture . . . Not only the main characters but a whole era become alive and comprehensible."--<i>Harper's</i><br> <b> </b><br> <b>Peter the Great</b><br> <b>Winner of the Pulitzer Prize</b><br> <b> </b><br> "Enthralling . . . as fascinating as any novel and more so than most."--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br> <b><i> </i></b><br> <b>The Romanovs</b><br> <b> </b><br> "Riveting . . . unfolds like a detective story."<i>--Los Angeles Times Book Review</i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A larger-than-life drama."<b>--<i>Saturday Review</i></b> <p/>"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."<b>--<i>Newsweek</i></b> <p/>"A wonderfully rich tapestry, the colors fresh and clear, every strand sewn in with a sure hand. Mr. Massie describes those strange and terrible years with sympathy and understanding. . . . They come vividly before our eyes."<b>--<i>The New York Times</i></b> <p/>"An all-too-human picture . . . Both Nicholas and Alexandra with all their failings come truly alive, as does their almost storybook romance."<b>--<i>Newsday</i></b> <p/>"A magnificent and intimate picture . . . Not only the main characters but a whole era become alive and comprehensible."<b>--<i>Harper's</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Robert K. Massie</b> 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 <i>Nicholas and Alexandra, Peter the Great: His Life and World </i>(for which he won a Pulitzer Prize for biography)<i>, The Romanovs: The Final Chapter, </i> <i>Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War, Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea, </i>and<i> Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman</i>.

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