Tsar
Subtitle: The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra
Contributors: Peter Christopher (Photographer)
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: November 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780316557887
Subjects: Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; History / Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union); History; History - General History; 1868-1918; 1872-1918; Alexandra,; Biography; Emperor of Russia,; Empress, consort of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia,; II,; Kings and rulers; Nicholas; Russia; Biography/Autobiography
First sentence: The morning of March 6, 1913, was cloudy in St. Petersburg-leaden would be a better word to describe the heavy skies, the mist, the torrents of rain and occasional roll of thunder that broke over the city on what was meant to be a day of national rejoicing, the tercentenary of the Romanoy dynasty.