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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
by Robert K. Massie
There's a photograph of Tsar Nicholas II—the last in the set of photographs in the book—sitting on a tree stump, looking thin and rather haggard. By the time the photograph was taken, he had abdicated the throne and was now a prisoner along with his family. Despite the ill treatment his family was already enduring, his whole face still bears the kindness for which he was renowned. This picture said almost as much to me as the terrific book Massie wrote (that whole picture is worth a thousand word thing, I guess). Perhaps had Nicholas ruled at a different time in Russia, history would look upon him more favorably. Alas, he ruled before and during World War I, a bloody time when a less soft-hearted leader would have been more effective. But Nicholas had many things against him, starting with the ill luck of having a hemophiliac son.