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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
slow-paced
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
An engaging book that manages to create a sympathetic portrait of the Romanovs without sacrificing historical fact. Massie does an excellent job blending research with character interpretation to give the reader insight into how things could have unravelled so quickly in Russia for Nicholas and Alexandra. For someone unfamiliar with the Romanov story, this book would be a great starting point. It manages to be thorough without getting too bogged down in the details to be boring.
The story of the family was interesting but too much references to Russian history for me.
This is a fascinating story brought to life by Robert K Massie’s excellent writing. This book was so thorough and detailed it was almost as if the author witnessed it himself. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in the life and reign of the last Romanov family and their tragic demise.
didn't see this ending coming. little bit yucky. otherwise, v well written
Way back in high school I reluctantly choose to do a paper on the Russian Revolution. Little did I know that research paper would lead to an almost obsession. I took a dry old book out of the school library but even in that dry old book there was a spark of something. A great love story, a very ill little boy, a sketchy looking mystic, in between the dullness of politics I wanted to learn more about the people. It was right before Christmas and I got a beautifully illustrated coffee table book that I ended up using more for that project than that boring old library book. A few months later my dad returned from a business trip with a used copy of this book for me. That copy of Nicholas and Alexandra was well read and well worn before too long (It wasn't in the best shape to begin with) and soon the spine was duct tape leading me to buy a new copy. With all the anxiety and stress inducing events going on, a pandemic entering a second wave, the absolute madness south of the border (Only about an hour away from my city) I have turned to cherished old favourites to escape. This book gives a mostly complete picture of the events that lead up to the toppling of the Romanov empire which lead to so many of the worst events in history. Had Nicholas been forbidden to marry Akexandra, had she refused to change her religion just think of how different things could've been. Even if they had married later on following a proper period of mourning things might've changed. But things happened as they did. After delivering four girls their one and only son was stricken with the so called royal disease hemophilia and led to the overly fanatic Alexandra to latch onto Rasputin. I remember being so frustrated reading this, as poor Nicholas is trying to run the country while his wife is forcing him to do things based on what some guy from Siberia thinks. I wanted to smack her so much, and wished Nicholas would yell at her to shut the hell up. No wonder no one in Russia liked her, what a horrid woman she was at times. Truly if only Nicholas had continued on the path he started in 1905 and they became a constitutional monarch they much like Britain, and other surviving monarchies in Europe would still be around. But it didn't work out that way. I will always recommend this book as a perfect first start for anyone interested in learning about the Romanovs. It's well written, easy to read, goes into details without being boring about everyone involved, from the Imperial family, to the servants, ministers, and the men who would overthrow them,hold them captive and eventually murder them. As it was written in the late 60's it's not complete since the bodies weren't found until the 90's, but the author did write a follow up about that including touching more on discovering the graves, identifying the bodies, and rumours of a survivor, Anastasia and others including Alexei which is odd since he was barely alive at the time of the murder. I think it was called The Romanovs The Final Chapter, but I'd have to try to find it in my bookshelves which are a mess because my rabbits thinks books are food. This was the book that truly made me fall in love with all things Romanov and Russia, and sadly led my mom to say it would've delighted my Ukrainian grandfather so much he would've had been on a plane with him to visit not only Ukraine but all those grand palaces in St. Petersburg and Moscow, but since he died a month or so before my first birthday it was never to be, but maybe one day I'll get there once the pandemic is under control, and I get enough money to travel. In the meantime I can travel back there through the pages of books like this one.
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Loved it! Learned so much about Russia, hemophilia, Rasputin, royal intrigue...
An amazing book full of great detail that is neither judgy or cloying with sentiment. His writing style was compulsively readable and I found myself flipping pages to finish it.
Since I am teaching about WWI, it has come in handy for my class material.
Well done book that I enjoyed immensely.
Since I am teaching about WWI, it has come in handy for my class material.
Well done book that I enjoyed immensely.