A chronicle of the passions, intrigues, and scandals of the Romanov dynasty includes accounts of such topics as Peter the Great's torture of his own son and Catherine the Great's many young lovers.
Publisher:New York :Random House Trade Paperbacks,2014.
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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-349).
Formatted Contents Note:
The time of troubles and the rise of the Romanovs -- Ivan V and Peter I (1682-1696) : one autocrat too many -- Peter I (1696-1725) : the eccentricities of an emperor -- Catherine I (1725-1727) : the peasant empress -- Anna (1730-1740) : "a bored estate mistress" -- Elizabeth (1741-1762) : the empress of pretense -- Peter III (1762) : "nature made him a mere poltroon" -- Catherine II (1762-1796) : "prey to this mad passion!" -- Paul (1796-1801) : "he detests his nation" -- Alexander I (1801-1825) : Napoleon's conqueror -- Nicholas I (1825-1855) : "a condescending Jupiter" -- Alexander II (1855-1881) : "a crowned semi-ruin" -- Alexander III (1881-1894) : "a colossus of unwavering autocracy" -- Nicholas II (1894-1917) : "an absolute child" -- Nicholas II (1894-1917) : "gliding down a precipice" -- Nicholas II (1894-1917) : a bloody end -- Aftermath.
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