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Nicholas and Alexandra
Great Lives (Related to this series)
- Author
- Robert K. Massie
- Narrator
- Orlando Wells
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 26 May 2026
- Run Time
- 27 hours 2 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
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.
Critics Review
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A moving, rich and densely documented account of the last Romanovs
Newsweek
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Wonderfully rich tapestry... They come vividly alive before our eyes'
New York Times
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A magnificent and intimate picture... The main characters [and] a whole era become alive and comprehensible'
Harpers
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Details
- Author
- Robert K. Massie
- Narrator
- Orlando Wells
- Duration
- 27 hours 2 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 May 2026
- ISBN
- 9781035926589
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Biography: royalty, European history, Biography: historical, political and military, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie, read by Orlando Wells.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.
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