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_bS43 2017
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100 1 _aSebag Montefiore, Simon
_d(, 1965-)
245 1 4 _aThe Romanovs :
_b1613 - 1918
_c/ Simon Sebag Montefiore
250 _aFirst Vintage Books edition.
260 _aNew York
_b: Vintage Books
_c, 2017
300 _a748 p,
_b: illus.
_c; 24 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _aACT 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.
520 _aThe Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all? This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition. Simon Sebag Montefiore's 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 Peter the Great, who made Russia an empire, to a fresh portrayal of Nicholas II and Alexandra and the harrowing massacre of the entire family, this book brings these monarchs - male and female, great and flawed, their families and courts - blazingly to life. Drawing on new archival research, Montefiore delivers both a universal study of power and a portrait of empire that helps define Russia today.
546 _aEnglish.
600 1 4 _aRomanov, House of
651 4 _aRussia
_x-Kings and rulers
_v--Biography
651 4 _aRussia
_x-History
_y-1613 - 1917
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