Nicholas II: Emperor of All the Russias
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (827 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0719549949 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Fantastic Look at Russia's Last Czar bgreen Nicholas II is a ambiguous figure; some have sympathy for his untimely death, while others credit him with the fall of the Russian Empire.In this detailed, well-researched book Lieven looks at Nicholas through a different perspective- a comparative one- explaining how Nicholas's personality impacted the Empire's decline by analyzing other European nations and their regimes in comparison to Russia.Well written and engaging to both the professional historian and the regular reader with interest in Nicholas II.
What is there new to say about Russia's last monarch? Almost everything. Previous biographies have told of the family man, the father of the haemophiliac heir, the victim of the infamous murder at Ekaterinburg in 1918. This book covers all these topics but it looks, above all, at Nicholas as political leader and emperor. It is, however, a study of more than Imperial Russia and its last ruler. Nor was he nearly as weak as is thought. But the dilemmas of ruling Russia were vast and contradictory, and it is an illusion to think that