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A superbly crafted and humane portrait of the final days of the
last Romanovs - Nicholas II of Russia and his wife Alexandra.
Complementing his Pulitzer prize-winning Peter the Great, in this
commanding book Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the
extraordinary world of imperial Russia to tell the story of the
decline and fall of the ruling Romanov family: Tsar Nicholas II's
political naivete; his wife Alexandra's obsession with the corrupt
mystic Rasputin; and their son Alexis's battle with haemophilia.
Against a lavish backdrop of luxury and intrigue, Massie unfolds a
family tragedy played out on the brutal stage of early
twentieth-century Russian history - the tale of a doomed empire and
the death-marked royals who watched it crumble.
The extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most powerful women in history.
Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination. For thirty-four years, the government, foreign policy, cultural development and welfare of the Russian people were in her hands. She dealt with domestic rebellion, foreign wars and the tidal wave of political change and violence churned up by the French Revolution.
Robert K. Massie brings an eternally fascinating woman together with her family, friends, ministers, generals, lovers and enemies vividly and triumphantly to life.
History offers few stories richer than that of Catherine the Great, and HBO/Sky Atlantic will be releasing a four-part series starring Helen Mirren as Catherine in the autumn of 2019.
The compelling quest to solve a great mystery of the twentieth
century: the ultimate fate of Russia's last tsar and his family. In
July 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow grave near
Ekaterinburg, Siberia, a few miles from the infamous cellar where
the last tsar and his family had been murdered seventy-three years
before. Were these the bones of the Romanovs? If so, why were the
bones of the two younger Romanovs missing? Was Anna Anderson,
celebrated in newspapers, books, and film, really Grand Duchess
Anastasia? This book unearths the truth. Pulitzer Prize winner
Robert K. Massie presents a colourful panorama of contemporary
characters, illuminating the major scientific dispute between
Russian experts and a team of Americans, whose findings - along
with those of DNA scientists from Russia, America, and the UK - all
contributed to solving one of history's most intriguing mysteries.
The Pulitzer prizewinning biography of Peter the Great, the ruler
who brought Russia from darkness into light. Against the monumental
canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia,
Robert K. Massie unfolds the extraordinary story of Peter the
Great. A volatile feudal tsar with a taste for barbaric torture; a
progressive and enlightened reformer of government and science;
Peter the Great embodied the greatest strengths and weaknesses of
Russia while being at the very forefront of her development. Robert
K. Massie delves deep into Peter's life and character, chronicling
the pivotal events that transformed the boy star into a national
icon. His portrayal of the complexities and contradictions of this
most energetic of Russian rulers brings a towering historical
figure unforgettably to life.
A gripping chronicle of the personal and political rivalries from
the birth of Queen Victoria to the unification of Germany during
the decades leading up to WW1 from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K.
Massie 2018 marks the centenary of the end of the First World War.
How did it all begin? With the biographer's rare genius for
expressing the essence of extraordinary lives, Massie brings to
life a crowd of glittering figures: the young, ambitious Winston
Churchill; the ruthless, sycophantic Chancellor Bernhard von Bulow;
Britain's greatest twentieth-century Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward
Grey; and Jacky Fisher, the eccentric admiral who revolutionised
the British Navy and brought forth the battleship, H.M.S.
Dreadnought. Their story, and the story of the era, filled with
misunderstanding and tensions, missed opportunities, and events
leading to unintended conclusions, unfolds like a Greek tragedy in
this powerful narrative. Intimately human and dramatic, Dreadnought
is history at its most riveting. 'History at its best, a fantastic
mix of anecdote, observation and intelligent thinking' Dan Snow,
Daily Express
From the Modern Library's new set of beautifully repackaged
hardcover classics by Robert K. Massie--also available are "Peter
the Great "and "The Romanovs"
In this commanding book, Robert K. Massie, prize-winning author of
"Catherine the Great, " sweeps readers back to the extraordinary
world of Imperial Russia to tell the story of the Romanovs' lives:
Nicholas's political naivete, Alexandra's obsession with the
corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis's brave struggle with
hemophilia. Against a lavish backdrop of luxury and intrigue,
Massie unfolds a powerful drama of passion and history--the story
of a doomed empire and the death-marked royals who watched it
crumble.
The Modern Library of the World's Best Books
Nicholas and Alexandra
"A magnificent and intimate picture . . . Not only the main
characters but a whole era become alive and
comprehensible."--"Harper's"
Peter the Great
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
"Enthralling . . . as fascinating as any novel and more so than
most."--"The New York Times Book Review"
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The Romanovs
"Riveting . . . unfolds like a detective story.""--Los Angeles
Times Book Review"
"MASTERFUL." --The Washington Post Book World "RIVETING . . . UNFOLDS LIKE A DETECTIVE STORY." --Los Angeles Times Book Review In July 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow mass grave near Ekaterinburg, Siberia, a few miles from the infamous cellar room where the last tsar and his family had been murdered seventy-three years before. But were these the bones of the Romanovs? And if these were their remains, where were the bones of the two younger Romanovs supposedly murdered with the rest of the family? Was Anna Anderson, celebrated for more than sixty years in newspapers, books, and film, really Grand Duchess Anastasia? The Romanovs: The Final Chapter provides answers, describing in suspenseful detail the dramatic efforts in post-Communist Russia to discover the truth. This unique story, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie, presents a colorful panorama of contemporary characters, illuminating the major scientific dispute between Russian experts and a team of Americans, including Drs. William Maples and Michael Baden--fiercely antagonistic forensic experts whose findings, along with those of DNA scientists from Russia, America, and Great Britain, all contributed to solving one of the greatest mysteries of the twentieth century. "AN ADMIRABLE SCIENTIFIC THRILLER." --The New York Times Book Review "COMPELLING . . . A FASCINATING ACCOUNT." --Chicago Tribune "A MASTERPIECE OF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING." --San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle
From the Modern Library's new set of beautifully repackaged
hardcover classics by Robert K. Massie--also available are
"Nicholas and Alexandra "and "The Romanovs"
Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and
eighteenth-century Europe and Russia unfolds the magnificent story
of Peter the Great, crowned co-tsar at the age of ten. The
acclaimed author of "Catherine the Great, " Robert K. Massie delves
deep into the life of this captivating historical figure,
chronicling the pivotal events that shaped a boy into a
legend--including his "incognito" travels in Europe, his
unquenchable curiosity about Western ways, his obsession with the
sea and establishment of the stupendous Russian navy, his creation
of an unbeatable army, his transformation of Russia, and his
relationships with those he loved most: Catherine, the robust yet
gentle peasant, his loving mistress, wife, and successor; and
Menshikov, the charming, bold, unscrupulous prince who rose to
wealth and power through Peter's friendship. Impetuous and
stubborn, generous and cruel, tender and unforgiving, a man of
enormous energy and complexity, Peter the Great is brought fully to
life.
The Modern Library of the World's Best Books
Peter the Great
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
"Enthralling . . . as fascinating as any novel and more so than
most."--"The New York Times Book Review"
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Nicholas and Alexandra
"A magnificent and intimate picture . . . Not only the main
characters but a whole era become alive and
comprehensible.""--Harper's"
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The Romanovs
"Riveting . . . unfolds like a detective story.""--Los Angeles
Times Book Review"
" A] tale of power, perseverance and passion . . . a great story in
the hands of a master storyteller."--"The Wall Street Journal"
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Peter the Great, Nicholas
and Alexandra, "and" The Romanovs "returns with another masterpiece
of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure
German princess who became one of the most remarkable, powerful,
and captivating women in history. Born into a minor noble family,
Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer
determination. For thirty-four years, the government, foreign
policy, cultural development, and welfare of the Russian people
were in her hands. She dealt with domestic rebellion, foreign wars,
and the tidal wave of political change and violence churned up by
the French Revolution. Catherine's family, friends, ministers,
generals, lovers, and enemies--all are here, vividly brought to
life. History offers few stories richer than that of Catherine the
Great. In this book, an eternally fascinating woman is returned to
life.
" A] compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a
flesh-and-blood woman."--"Newsweek"
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"An absorbing, satisfying biography."--"Los Angeles Times"
"Juicy and suspenseful."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"A great life, indeed, and irresistibly told."--Salon
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
"The New York Times - The Washington Post - USA Today - The Boston
Globe - San Francisco Chronicle - Chicago Tribune - Newsweek/"The
Daily Beast""- Salon - "Vogue" - "St. Louis Post-Dispatch - The
Providence Journal - Washington Examiner - "South Florida"
Sun-Sentinel - BookPage - "Bookreporter - "Publishers Weekly"
More than a quarter of a century after it was first published in
hardcover comes a never-before-issued trade paperback edition of
the classic Nicholas and Alexandra. Featuring a new introduction by
its Pulitzer Prize -- winning author, this powerful work sweeps us
back to the extraordinary world of Imperial Russia to tell the
story of the Romanovs' lives: Nicholas's political naivete,
Alexandra's obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little
Alexis's brave struggle with hemophilia. Against a lavish backdrop
of luxury and intrigue, Robert K. Massie unfolds a powerful drama
of passion and history -- the story of a doomed empire and the
death-marked royals who watched it crumble. . . .
"Enthralling . . . As fascinating as any novel and more so than most." The New York Times Book Review The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Bestseller by the author of DREADNOUGHT. Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great, one of the most extraordinary rulers in history. Impetuous and stubborn, generous and cruel, tender and unforgiving, a man of enormous energy and complexity, Peter the Great is brought fully to life in this exceptional biography.
The tragic, compelling story of the last Tsar and his family
Nicholas & Alexandra is the internationally famous biography
from Pulitzer prize-winner Robert Massie. Massie shows conclusively
how the personal curse of the young heir's haemophilia, and the
decisive influence it brought Rasputin, became fatally linked with
the collapse of Imperial Russia. As an engrossing account of one of
the century's most dramatic episodes - and an intimate portrait of
two people caught at the centre of a maelstrom - Nicholas &
Alexandra is unlikely ever to be surpassed. 'The story of the last
Tsar has probably never been so powerfully - and so accurately -
told' Guardian
In a work of extraordinary narrative power, filled with brilliant
personalities and vivid scenes of dramatic action, Robert K.
Massie, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Peter the Great,
Nicholas and Alexandra, and Dreadnought, elevates to its proper
historical importance the role of sea power in the winning of the
Great War.
The predominant image of this first world war is of mud and
trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, poison gas, and slaughter. A
generation of European manhood was massacred, and a wound was
inflicted on European civilization that required the remainder of
the twentieth century to heal.
But with all its sacrifice, trench warfare did not win the war for
one side or lose it for the other. Over the course of four years,
the lines on the Western Front moved scarcely at all; attempts to
break through led only to the lengthening of the already unbearably
long casualty lists.
For the true story of military upheaval, we must look to the sea.
On the eve of the war in August 1914, Great Britain and Germany
possessed the two greatest navies the world had ever seen. When war
came, these two fleets of dreadnoughts--gigantic floating castles
of steel able to hurl massive shells at an enemy miles away--were
ready to test their terrible power against each other.
Their struggles took place in the North Sea and the Pacific, at the
Falkland Islands and the Dardanelles. They reached their climax
when Germany, suffocated by an implacable naval blockade, decided
to strike against the British ring of steel. The result was
Jutland, a titanic clash of fifty-eight dreadnoughts, each the home
of a thousand men.
When the German High Seas Fleet retreated, the kaiserunleashed
unrestricted U-boat warfare, which, in its indiscriminate violence,
brought a reluctant America into the war. In this way, the German
effort to "seize the trident" by defeating the British navy led to
the fall of the German empire.
Ultimately, the distinguishing feature of Castles of Steel is the
author himself. The knowledge, understanding, and literary power
Massie brings to this story are unparalleled. His portrayals of
Winston Churchill, the British admirals Fisher, Jellicoe, and
Beatty, and the Germans Scheer, Hipper, and Tirpitz are stunning in
their veracity and artistry.
"Castles of Steel is about war at sea, leadership and command,
courage, genius, and folly. All these elements are given
magnificent scope by Robert K. Massie's special and widely hailed
literary mastery.
"From the Hardcover edition.
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