description: The story of the love that ended an empireIn this commanding book, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of Imperial Russia to tell the story of the Romanovs’ Nicholas’s political naÃ¯vetÃ, 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 historyâ€”the story of a doomed empire and the death-marked royals who watched it crumble.
language: English
title: Nicholas and Alexandra
titlecomplete: Nicholas and Alexandra
characters: Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna, Nicholas II of Russia
genres: Russia, Biography Memoir, Russian History, Nonfiction, History, Romanovs, European History, Historical, Politics, Biography
ratings_count: 28498
places: Russian Federation
series: The Romanovs
publisher: Airplay Inc