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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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Main Authors: Sebag Montefiore, Simon, 1965
Published: Alfred A. Knopf,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First American edition.
Subjects:
Romanov, House of
Russia > Kings and rulers > Biography
Russia > History > 1613-1917
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.

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