Title: A lifelong passion
Description: The love affair of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, and his wife, Alexandra, a granddaughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, is a tale of searing passion and inescapable tragedy. Just how deep the passion, how intimate the relationship, and how tragic the end only now becomes clear with the release of their letters to one another, the majority of which are published here for the first time.
Subjects: Correspondence, Kings and rulers, Diaries, History, Nicholas ii, emperor of russia, 1868-1918, Alexandra, empress, consort of nicholas ii, emperor of russia, 1872-1918, Russia (federation), history
Places: Russia
People: Nicholas II Emperor of Russia (1868-1918), Alexandra Empress consort of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, Romanov House of, House of Romanov
Time periods: Nicholas II, 1894-1917