Research Catalog

Title

The Romanovs : 1613-1918 / Simon Sebag Montefiore.

Author

Sebag Montefiore, Simon, 1965-

Publication

• London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016.
• ©2016

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Details

Description

xxxiv, 745 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps; 24 cm

Summary

"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. 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, and peopled by a cast of adventurers, courtesans, revolutionaries and poets, from Ivan the Terrible to Tolstoy, from Queen Victoria to Lenin. To rule Russia was both imperial-sacred mission and poisoned chalice: six tsars were murdered and all the Romanovs lived under constant threat to their lives. 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. Catherine the Great overthrew her own husband - who was murdered soon afterwards - loved her young male favourites, conquered Ukraine and fascinated Europe. Paul was strangled by courtiers backed by his own son, Alexander I, who faced Napoleon's invasion and the burning of Moscow, then went on to take Paris. Alexander II liberated the serfs, survived five assassination attempts, and wrote perhaps the most explicit love letters ever written by a ruler. THE ROMANOVS climaxes with a fresh, unforgettable portrayal of Nicholas and Alexandra, the rise and murder of Rasputin, war and revolution - and the harrowing massacre of the entire family."--Publisher's website.

Subjects

• Russia
• Romanov, House of
• Kings and rulers
• Courts and courtiers
• Biography
• Russia > Kings and rulers > Biography
• History
• Russia > Court and courtiers > History

Genre/Form

• Biography.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 655-669) and index.

Contents

Act I: the rise -- Act II: the apogee -- Act III: the decline.

Call Number

JFE 16-4740

ISBN

• 9780297852667
• 0297852663
• 9781474600286
• 147460028X

OCLC

936199399

Author

Sebag Montefiore, Simon, 1965- author.

Title

The Romanovs : 1613-1918 / Simon Sebag Montefiore.

Publisher

London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016.

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 655-669) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-4740