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| Title | : | The Romanovs: 1613-1918 |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.70 (674 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307266524 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 784 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-24 |
| Language | : | English |
Cedar Grove Chef said Stick with Massie. I read the reviews and having read Robert Massie's books about Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and Nicholas and Alexandra -- and having been to St. Petersburg -- I thought I'd read this to round out my knowledge. Montefiore is no Massey. Yes, there was information I'd not seen before. But all the detail about the sex lives of the Romanovs became quite tedious. I did not find it to be a compelling read, but more of an endurance test.. Excellent Overview of Russia's History Focused on Each Romanov Tsar Ambrose Very enjoyable book that presents a biography of each Romanov from Michael - the first - through Nicholas - the last (though his brother got to be Tsar for day). Each one was interesting and a key player in major events - and they come alive in this book. Writing a biograpghy of the family is a bit challenging - you can't present the entire history of Russia in one volume, so what to cut? My view is that Montefiore does a good job of giving t. sanmartinian said Amid gore and debauchery aplenty, historic analysis gets short shrift. The Romanovs is a high-quality book, very well researched, well written, often as gripping as a thriller.Two defects stop me from rating it higher than I did.The first is that, as the title implies, the book is about the Romanovs, not about Russian History, the latter is succinctly described but rarely analysed. An author as deep and erudite as Montefiore simply cannot overlook Russian History when writing about a dynasty that ruled the count
“Simon Sebag Montefiore's The Romanovs is epic history on the grandest scale A story of conspiracy, drunken coups, assassination, torture, impaling, breaking on the wheel, lethal floggings with the knout, sexual and alcoholic excess, charlatans and pretenders, flamboyant wealth based on a grinding serfdom, and, not surprisingly, a vicious cycle of repression and revolt. Game of Thrones seems like the proverbial vicar's tea party in comparison Reading Montefiore's excellent account, it is hard to imagine how the monarchy could ever have survived under their catastrophic leadership.”—Antony Beevor, Financial Times “Spellbinding it takes true historical dar
Alexander II liberated the serfs, survived five assassination attempts and wrote perhaps the most explicit love letters ever composed by a ruler. Paul I was strangled by courtiers backed by his own son, Alexander I, who in turn faced Napoleon’s invasion and the burning of Moscow, then went on to take Paris. Simon Sebag Montefiore’s gripping chronicle reveals their secret world of unlimited power and ruthless empire-building, overshadowed by palace conspiracy, family rivalries, sexual decadence and wild extravagance, with a global cast of adventurers, courtesans, revolutionaries and poets, from Ivan the Terrible to Tolstoy and Pushkin, to Bismarck, Lincoln, Queen Victoria and Lenin. Peter the Great tortured his own son to death while making Russia an empire, and dominated his court with a dining club notable for compulsory drunkenness, naked dwarfs and fancy dress. How did one fa
Young Stalin won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography, the Costa Biography Award, and le Grande Prix de la biographie politique. He lives in London.simonsebagmontefiore. Jerusalem: The Biography was a worldwide best seller. Montefiore’s books are published in more than forty languages. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar won the History Book of the Year Prize at the British Book Awards. He is the author of the novels Sashenka and One N
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