The Romanovs—the second and final dynasty to rule Russia—have captured the imagination of the world like no other royal family. The mysterious execution of Tsar Nicholas II and his immediate family in 1918 further fueled this fascination. Yet the intrigue surrounding the family began centuries earlier with another notorious tsar—Ivan the Terrible. So-called due to his dramatic change in temperament following the death of his wife, Ivan instigated one of the most terrifying periods in history as he and his death squad Oprichniki violently tortured his country's people. Tracing the ancestry back to the marriage of Anastasia Zakharyina and Ivan IV of Muscovy in 1547, through the demise of the House of Romanov and up to the present generation, Oliver Thomson delves deep into the family’s lineage. Including maps, portraits of family members, and stunning color photographs of the main surviving Romanov buildings, this absorbing book charts the rise and fall of one of the greatest families in history.
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Oliver Thomson is the author of Easily Led: A History of Propaganda and From the Bloody Heart: The Stewarts and the Douglases.
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Welcome to Romanov 101,
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A fast read with basic information - a good book if you are just getting into this era. If you are already an avid reader about the Czars of Russia, and the Romanov Dynasty, you won't find a whole lot of new information here. I enjoyed the chapters on where churches, palaces, etc., are located. Haven't really had that before. I would recommended it.
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Summary history of the Tsars,
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The book is a well written account and summary of the origins of the Romanovs and their ultimate claim to the Russian throne. A chapter is devoted to each Tsar who ruled between 1613-1917 and reviews their reign. The chapters are concise and are to the point and are good history.I recommend to those who want to understand the Romanovs dynasty which culminated with the Russian Revolution of 1917.
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