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The Romanov Family Album

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"The Romanov Family Album" is probably one of the earlier photo collections on the last imperial family of Russia. The photographs come from the photo albums of Ania Vyrubova, Empress Aleksandra's closest friend; the albums are now among the collections in Beinecke Library at Yale University.

Most of the pictures are of the family's annual summer trips to the Crimea and through the fjords of Finland, with a fair smattering of the family during World War I and a few photographs of the imperial family in captivity at Tobolsk. Numerous lengthy excerpts from Ania Vyrubova's chatty memoirs add some entertaining color. An introduction by Robert Massie gives a brief (and interesting) history of how the albums ended up with Yale.

On the whole this is a very interesting book. The main flaw is that it's very difficult to find.

Lovely photographs. I have seen many of these before at Yale's Digital Beinecke Library, but some are new to me. It shows Nicholas II not as an autocrat or the "tyrant" historians say he was--it shows him as a kind man who adored the world he knew, that of his wife, smiling beautiful girls and his happy, albeit ill, son.

I just received my copy of this book this morning and I absolutely love it. The pictures are touching and haunting. I am proudly adding this to my collection of Romanov books. By the way, it was listed as in good, used condition. The book is lovely! Looks new to me. The dust jacket in perfect shape and no marks or stains anywhere in the book!

So many pictures of the Tsar and his family many made by the Tsar and his family. Very intersting book and a great addition to my collection of Romonoff Books.

I Purchased this book for my grandaughter who is very interested in history, she loves it. It was easy to find and easy to order.Delivery was fast.

this is a wonderful collection of images, but so many of them are presented poorly. they're extremely grainy and tinted hideous sepia tones. chalk it up to the 80's, i guess.

despite this problem, the album is definitely worth adding to your collection if you are a serious Romanov fan. General royalty buffs who want just one Romanov photo book would do better with Prince Michael's _Nicholas & Alexandra: The Family Albums_ (a book that everyone interested in royalty and/or the Romanovs should have, imo).