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Title: Nicholas and Alexandra Part I by Robert K. Massie, Frederick Davidson ISBN: 0-7861-0791-X Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Pub. Date: November, 1994 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 9 List Price(USD): $62.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.77 (70 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: very readable account of the life of the last Tsar
Comment: Massie's work is very readable; more like a novel than a biography. There were times I couldn't believe some of the intimate details could be real, for how would Massie know? But at the back of the book he has extensive notes indicating the sources for all the details including diaries and memoirs. I thought Massie did an excellent job illustrating the roots of World War I, especially the relationship between Nicholas and Kaiser William II. Also excellent was the way he makes the enigma of Rasputin understandable and how he reconciles the public disfavor and lack of understanding of the tsar and his wife with their noble intentions with the good of Russia in mind. In reading history it is easy to imagine that the participants were ignorant or oblivious to larger trends that would envelop them, especially in light of subsequent historical events. Massie's story brilliantly sheds light on the story of the last tsar such that the reader can genuinely understand the motivations of most of the participants. Very enlightening reading. I strongly recommend the book for anyone interested in Russian history or just looking for a readable story.
Rating: 5
Summary: This is the book that got me interested in the Romanovs
Comment: I first read this book many years ago. Mr. Massie manages to bring Nicholas, Alexandra, their family, and court back to life. The book reads almost like a novel at times and is very hard to put down. The author tells a very vivid story of a very tragic couple and their family, and the time in which they lived. The author is able to help the reader understand the series of events that lead to the fall of the monarchy and the murder of the royal family.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Majestic Work of History
Comment: "Nicholas and Alexandra" is a fantastic history book that I can thoroughly recommend to all readers. The book is truly "unputdownable" and if it were not a history book, it could almost have read as a novel.
The end of the Romanov dynasty is a work of tragedy. Here we have this closely bound intimate family playing out a drama against the backdrop of the First World War and the Russian Revolution. Yet tragedy almost becomes farce when the role of Rasputin is considered. The Czarina is quite spellbound by the man despite the damage that his decisions have for the family and the dynasty.
In "Nicholas and Alexandra", we see the unfolding of the downfall of autocracy which, in due course, would have been inevitable. The First World War simply accelerated the process. Yet while we should shed no tears for the fall of autocrats, the rise of an even more vile autocracy under Lenin heaps tragedy upon tragedy. The history of modern Russia is tragedy writ large.
Robert K Massie covers the events leading to the execution of the royal family in great detail but without ever deluging the reader with arcane facts that detract from the picture that he paints. The end result is a work of substance and colour.
I emphatically recommend this book to all readers of modern history. Robert K Massie has excelled!
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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: Peter the Great by Robert K. Massie ISBN: 0345298063 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 October, 1981 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Catherine the Great by Henri Troyat, Joan Pinkham ISBN: 0452011205 Publisher: Meridian Books Pub. Date: April, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea by Robert K. Massie ISBN: 0679456716 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Dreadnought by Robert K. Massie ISBN: 0345375564 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 15 September, 1992 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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