Crankshaw, Edward <br/><br/>
The shadow of the winter palace  : Russia's drift to revolution, 1825-1917 
/ Edward Crankshaw 
 - New York  : Viking Press  , 1976. 
 - 429 p., [4] leaves of plates  : ill.  ; 25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. [409]-415. 
<br/><br/>A moment of history -- The doomed conspiracy -- The autocratic inheritance -- The state of the empire -- The growth of the mind -- The imperial mission -- The slow drift to disaster -- The Crimean fiasco -- The new tsar -- Revolution from above -- Limits of tolerance and vision -- Peace abroad; prosperity at home -- Aspects of self-love -- "How great is Russia!" -- The impact of terror -- The peace of the graveyard -- New wine in very old bottles -- Nicholas and Alexandra -- Defeat in Asia -- "Impossible to live thus any longer" -- Stolypin and the thirteenth hour -- The end 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0670637823 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>76010636 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Romanov, House of
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Russia----History----1801-1917.     <br/>Russia---History---Nicholas II, 1894-1917
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DK189  / .C66 1976 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>947.08 CRA