The Romanovs : 1613-1918 /
"The acclaimed author of Young Stalin and Jerusalem gives readers an accessible, lively account--based in part on new archival material--of the extraordinary men and women who ruled Russia for three centuries."--NoveList.
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Published: |
Alfred A. Knopf,
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Publisher Address: | New York : |
Publication Dates: | 2016. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | First American edition. |
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Summary: |
"The acclaimed author of Young Stalin and Jerusalem gives readers an accessible, lively account--based in part on new archival material--of the extraordinary men and women who ruled Russia for three centuries."--NoveList. |
Item Description: | "This is a Borzoi Book." |
Carrier Form: | xxxiv, 744 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [655]-669) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780307266521 (hardcover) : 0307266524 (hardcover) 9781101946978 1101946970 |
Index Number: | DK37 |
CLC: | K835.127 |
Call Number: | K835.127/S443 |
Contents: | Prologue : Two boys in a time of troubles -- Act I: The rise. Scene 1: The brideshows ; Scene 2: The young monk ; Scene 3: The musketeers ; Scene 4: The All-Drunken Synod -- Act II: The apogee. Scene 1: The emperor ; Scene 2: The empresses ; Scene 3: Russian Venus ; Scene 4: The Golden Age ; Scene 5: The conspiracy ; Scene 6: The duel -- Act III: The decline. Scene 1: Jupiter ; Scene 2: Liberator ; Scene 3: Colossus ; Scene 4: Master of the land ; Scene 5: Catastrophe ; Scene 6: Emperor Michael II ; Scene 7: Afterlife -- Epilogue : Red tsars/white tsars. |