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The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all? 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. Written with dazzling literary flair, drawing on new archival research, THE ROMANOVS is at once an enthralling chronicle of triumph and tragedy, love and death, a universal study of power, and an essential portrait of the empire that still defines Russia today.Product Identifiers
PublisherOrion Publishing Group
ISBN-139781474600873
eBay Product ID (ePID)233790973
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Romanovs: 1613-1918
AuthorSimon Sebag Montefiore
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Dimensions
Item Height197 mm
Item Width131 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorSimon Sebag Montefiore