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Nicolau e Alexandra: O relato clássico da queda da dinastia Romanov
Robert K. Massie, Angela Lobo de Andrade
4.28 AVERAGE
237 reviews for:
Nicolau e Alexandra: O relato clássico da queda da dinastia Romanov
Robert K. Massie, Angela Lobo de Andrade
4.28 AVERAGE
Am I a simp for the Romanovs? Yes. Do I still maybe think they kind of had it coming? After reading this, the answer is also kind of yes. Massie must think like me; nostalgia for Imperial Russia bleeds through all of his biographies of the tsars, and the courts of St. Petersburg he paints glitter like fairy tales. But even he has to reluctantly admit to the evils of the Russian Empire and why the system had to come crashing down. If you're looking for a saga of the people's struggle, or a critical look at those who exploited them, this may not be it -- but at the very least it's pretty.
A heartbreaking, beautifully written account of the life and death of the last Russian imperial family. Five hundred pages of life with the Romanovs and I feel as though I know them - the kind tsar, the serious tsarina, the devoted grand duchesses, the plucky tsarevich, and their loyal retinue - and so I dreaded the inevitable end of the book and their final confinement in Ekaterinburg.
It is a remarkable study of how a series of well-intentioned decisions can bring unintended, disastrous consequences. I'm glad I didn't read this before I saw their coffins in St. Petersburg a few years ago, or else I would have wept.
It is a remarkable study of how a series of well-intentioned decisions can bring unintended, disastrous consequences. I'm glad I didn't read this before I saw their coffins in St. Petersburg a few years ago, or else I would have wept.
This was a great historic account of the Romanovs fall from the Russian throne. How one man, Rasputin put the whole demise into play. And how sadly at the end there was no one to rescue the family. How even until the end the held onto faith that they would be rescued only to be viciously murdered. I never knew of Alexis plight with hemophilia, I couldn't imagine the pain he went through and that of which his mother had to endure knowing she not only gave him this disease but could do absolutely nothing to ease his suffering. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good read!
Wow... Massie is a talented and gifted writer. I can truly see why we won the Pulitzer for this book. It's excellently written. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the Tsar's tragic history. While I knew the basics behind it and maybe a bit more. Massie dives into the idea that if Hemophilia hadn't been involved, it's possible that the Tsar would have followed his relatives into a constitutional monarchy. While, as a historian I find, Massie's idea of playing the what if game, hard to stomach. However, he does it with facts and paints a pretty clear image of the political upheaval that helped spurn the 1917 revolution (though he clearly leaves out the fact that Nicholas refused to free the serfs...). I can't wait to read Catherine the Great and I really want to read the updated chapter that he wrote about the Romonov's after the break-up of the Soviet Union.
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3.5 This started off a little slow but really picked up once Rasputin entered the picture. Rasputin is a goldmine for biographers, and Massie’s portrayal of him was captivating. I also think Massie did a nice job of making the revolution discernible, taking us from Tchaikovsky and Faberge to Lenin and Trotsky, with the baby-step “revolution” of 1905 and the tragic mismanagement of WWI linking the eras. I’d known about the bread lines and the formation of the soviets before going in, but virtually nothing about the Imperial family, so it was an interesting seeing the period from this royal angle.
Well written and researched but at times tough to read due to the slow motion car crash nature of it all. It's quite uncomfortable to read as two basically decent people who loved each other, their children and their country manage to continually make the wrong choices - often *because* of the love they felt - and ultimately bring to ruin everyone and everything they cared for so deeply.
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While certainly a comprehensive look at the last Imperial family of Russia, this book tends to put the blame on the fall of the Romanovs squarely on Empress Alexandra, and, more precisely, on the faulty genes she brought to her royal marriage. It makes me want to find a biography of her written by a woman, to see if there’s more balance.
Difícil falar sobre esse livro Dx Embora, literalmente, a última frase tenha me irritado, admito que é muito bem escrito e deixa muito claro toda a tragédia que assolou a família do último czar. As últimas 100 páginas foram difíceis de encarar, msmo sabendo de como a história iria terminar. Recomendo muito esse livro pra qualquer pessoa que goste de história ou queira saber o que diabos levou uma família inteira a ser assassinada de forma tão cruel. Em meio a tantas injustiças e até mesmo os erros dos próprios Romanov, fiquei muito encantada por Nicolau II, sua esposa e filhos. Não tenho dúvida de que nunca irei esquecê-los.