The Last of the Tsars
Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution
$43.82
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
13 February 2018
Summary
A riveting account of the last eighteen months of Tsar Nicholas II’s life and reign from one of our finest historians of Russia.
In March 1917, Nicholas II, the last Tsar of All the Russias, abdicated and the dynasty that had ruled an empire for three hundred years was forced from power by revolution. Now, on the hundredth anniversary of that revolution, Robert Service, the eminent historian of Russia, examines Nicholas’s reign in the year before his abdication and the months between …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781447293101 |
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| ISBN-10: | 144729310X |
| Author: | Robert Service |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 13 February 2018 |
| Weight: | 294g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 133mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Brilliant, original and compelling
Brilliant, original and compelling – Saul David * Evening Standard *
The best book yet on Nicholas after his abdication – Dominic Lieven * Financial Times *
A myth-busting account of the final months of the ruler’s life, from abdication to execution * Guardian *
Detailed and painstakingly researched – Peter Conradi * Sunday Times *
A clear-eyed portrait of Nicholas and his limitations … an essential corrective * TLS *
Outstanding … essential reading – Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Mail on Sunday
A timely and important book … he brings to it rare clarity and common sense. His book is a fast-paced account of the last sixteen months of the tsar’s life; brief, sharp, but laced with well-judged feeling for the dramas of the time – Catherine Merridale, The Observer
Robert Service
Robert Service is a Fellow of the British Academy and of St Antony’s College, Oxford. He has written several books, including the highly acclaimed Lenin: A Biography, Russia: Experiment with a People, Stalin: A Biography and Comrades: A History of World Communism, as well as many other books on Russia’s past and present. His book Trotsky: A Biography was awarded the 2009 Duff Cooper Prize. Married with four children, he lives in London.
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