{"product_id":"the-family-romanov-murder-rebellion-the-fall-of-imperial-russia","title":"The Family Romanov Murder, Rebellion \u0026 The Fall of Imperial Russia","description":"\u003cp\u003eCandace Fleming. Used. Very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTsar Nicholas II\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of Russia: the wealthiest monarch in the world, who ruled over 130 million people and one-sixth of the earth’s land surface, yet turned a blind eye to the abject poverty of his subjects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEmpress Alexandra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: stern, reclusive, and painfully shy, a deeply religious woman obsessed with the corrupt mystic Rasputin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir daughters were the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGrand Duchess Olga, Tatiana, Marie, and Anastasia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: completely isolated and immature girls who wore identical white dresses and often signed joint letters as OTMA, the initials of their first names.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir only son was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTsarevich Alexei\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: youngest of the Romanovs, heir to the throne, a hemophiliac whose debilitating illness was kept secret from the rest of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCandace Fleming deftly maneuvers between the plight of Russia’s poor masses and the extravagant lives of the Romanovs, from their opulent upbringings to the crumbling of their massive empire, and finally to their tragic murders. Using captivating photos and compelling first-person accounts throughout, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Family Romanov\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis history at its most absorbing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books \u0026 Brew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383421943981,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/booksandbrew.net\/products\/the-family-romanov-murder-rebellion-the-fall-of-imperial-russia","provider":"Books And Brew","version":"1.0","type":"link"}