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Title: The Flight of the Romanovs: A Family Saga by John Curtis Perry, Constantine V. Pleshakov ISBN: 0-465-02463-7 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 05 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.11 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating reading !
Comment: I am a relative newcomer concerning the history of the Romanov family, but this has changed now. This book is just incredibly fascinating, there are so many facts as well as samll anecdotes that it is just pure delight to read this well written and extremely well researched book. The book demonstrates the lavish lifestyle of the last Romanovs, describes all the relationships between the European royal families in the late 19th and early 20th century, and goes into every single detail of the relationships within the Romanov family. The second half of the book describes the hardships hte Romanovs had to endure under the Bolshevik regime and how all their lives changed so drastically after Tsar Nicholas II abdicated and the Bolsheviks came to power.
The only slightly negative thing which came to my mind while reading this book was the vast number of names in some parts of the book. It sometimes hapens that there are eight different names in one sentence, referring to three different generations from three different parts of the Romanov family.
But this still does not cloud the impression from reading this extremely informative book which is absolutely readable for non-historians who are just interested in this topic.
Rating: 3
Summary: The Flight of Good Scholarship
Comment: This is one of the few negative reviews I've written and I'm sorry to say I think this book is sorely lacking in historical discipline and style! Well, not everyone is a William Manchester. Had I not been so fascinated with the Romanovs, I would never have finished this book. For one thing, it is very negative toward the Romanovs, in many ways slamming them in thinly veiled ways. For example, Nikolasha is called great "for a Romanov". Nicholas II's sisters Xenia and Olga are invidiously compared because Xenia chose to stay under the protection of the British monarchs while Olga went on to live a rather wretched life in Canada. The authors feel Olga was more honest. In fact, this book even goes out of the way to slam Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth II of England. Most people who read a book like this are supportive of Royals and I think would find the author's tone a bit difficult. I agree that the family tree at the front of the book is very helpful. I also found that it enabled me to get clear about the three branches of the family with claimants to the throne. The authors end by heaping praise on a very peripheral member of the Romanov family who rode daredevil motorcycle for a living. Especially for historians, these two men are quite shallow in their presentation of historical material about the war, the revolution and more. There is a lot of attention devoted to the murder of Rasputin and I did find this helpful. All I can say about this book in general, though, is, "I don't get it and you shouldn't either!" Sorry for such a negative review.
Rating: 4
Summary: The first detailed account of the surviving Romanovs.
Comment: This book first gives you background on life before 1917 then sweeps you through the Revolution and finally lets you discover what life was like for the surviving Romanov's after the Revolution.
Nikolasha's exile in France where he was several times nearlly kidnapped by bolsheviks and was viewed by most as the family's true leader. Cyril and Ducky's self advertizement (appointing themselves sovereigns in exile and going so far as to handout titles to others) and eventual support of the rising Nazi Party. Maria Feodorova's bitter exile in Denmark where she fled after being sent away from Britain. Olga's life as a farmer's wife in Ontario. Xenia's days in a grace and favor house in Britain. Another cousin's life as a nun in Jerusalem. Dimitry's relationship with designer Coco Chanel (he helped inspire the famous perfume Chanel #5) and later failed marriage to an American heiress. His sister Marie's failure as a designer and ultimate success as a writer and public speaker. Prince Yusupov's callous self-aggrandizing behavior as he lived off the notoriety gained by murdering Rasputin. On the whole a worthy addition to the Romanov lovers library.
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Title: Romanovs by Robert K. Massie ISBN: 0345406400 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Tsar : The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra by Peter Kurth, Peter Christopher ISBN: 0316557889 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Nicholas and Alexandra by ROBERT K. MASSIE ISBN: 0345438310 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Romanov Autumn: Stories from the Last Century of Imperial Russia by Charlotte Zeepvat ISBN: 0750927399 Publisher: Sutton Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Romanovs : Autocrats of All the Russians by W. BRUCE LINCOLN ISBN: 0385279086 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 05 July, 1983 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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