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An historical biography of the last Tsar of Russia - not Nicholas
II, but his brother Michael - Emperor Michael II - who succeeded to
the throne when Nicholas abdicated in March 1917. Michael, married
to a double divorcee, Natasha, the daughter of a Moscow lawyer, was
the first Romanov murdered by the Bolsheviks, five weeks before the
other mass killings, and because he was the Romanov who posed the
greatest threat to them. However, they never admitted
responsibility for his murder, pretending instead that he had
escaped. This book, based chiefly on original contemporary sources
in Russia, tells you what the Soviet Union intended that you should
never know. Does that matter now? Very much so, for unlike his
brother Nicholas, Michael can serve as the bridge between today's
Russia and Tsarist Russia, a gap which has yet to be closed. As
Viktor Yevtukhov, appointed deputy Russian Minister of Justice in
February 2011, has said: 'We should know more about this man and
remember him, because this memory can give our society the ethical
foundation we need'. This book will tell you why, after almost a
century, that should be so. From the tragedy of the past, a hope
for the future...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
More than just an astonishing love story, "Michael and Natasha" is
a portrait of the last age of elegance and an account of World War
I, of frontline heroism, and the events that brought about the
downfall of Nicholas II.
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