Nicholas & Alexandra – Robert K. Massie ✣ Folio Society Reviews

Here is the Folio Society edition of 'Nicholas & Alexandra', by Robert K. Massie.

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From the Folio Society website:
"For Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Robert K. Massie, Nicholas II appeared in history at the wrong time. He was a good man but a bad tsar. His empire spanned one-sixth of the earth, his subjects numbered 130 million, but he was not cut from the same cloth as his predecessors. Humiliation in the Russo-Japanese war, the 1905 Revolution, general strikes, naval mutinies and the formation of the Socialist Workers’ Party meant that political unrest in Russia rose, unchecked, like a tidal wave ready to break upon the monarchy.

But it was personal tragedy that sealed the fate of the Romanov dynasty. Nicholas’s beloved Tsaritsa, Alexandra, was a carrier of the haemophilic gene, which she passed on to their fifth child and only son, Alexis. When the dissolute Siberian mystic, Rasputin, offered the hope of a cure, the desperate Alexandra seized upon it. But any relief brought to the boy came at a price, as the exploitative Rasputin’s influence over the royal household, and consequently the country, grew to a dangerous level. The last years of Imperial Russia, full of stark contrasts between privilege and poverty, private grief and public outcry, are brilliantly evoked in this tale of lost splendour and bloodied innocence. The two revolutions of 1917 finally swept Nicholas and Alexandra from power, and within months the entire royal family, their doctor, and even their servants, had been pitilessly murdered by the Bolsheviks."

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[TwoMiceOnMyBookshelf]

I saw this and almost bought it several times. Never sure about non-fiction Folio Society editions for some reason. Felt almost as if they are always in need of re-editing with new information. Especially with the newly archive at St Petersburg. But this closer look really tempt me. Thank you Pontus!

[darrenp.]

I just want every single book released by the Folio Society. It's as beautiful as a piece of decoration on the bookshelf.

[vincentvassallo]

The embossed leather on the spine is really beautiful.

[stevefrayne]

Every book from Folio Society looks great but never forget that the real differentiator for a book is THE CONTENT!
That said, any book by Robert Massie has outstanding content. This book and DREADNOUGHT are my two favorites.

Folio, please please print DREADNOUGHT. The cover art opportunities like THE ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM would make it sell very well I expect. Sign me up to buy two!