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jenmiller253 's review for:
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
by Robert K. Massie
It was a hard read because of my knowledge of how things ended. Nicholas and Alexandra have loads of good intent that doesn't always work out (especially if you are stubborn about who you listen to) They meant well but to watch (Alexandra especially) slowly set themselves up to the end their world for themselves, their children and how it affected their people was difficult. I picked this up and put it down many times. Very well done - the author does a good job of giving a balanced view on what was going on and how decisions could make sense at the time but set things up for the final fall. The tragic nature of the story made it hard to read for long periods especially since Alexandra's choice to equate Rasputin with God and would lead to so much pain and suffering not just for their family but the whole country of millions of people. Very well done, sometimes the detail was a bit too much for me but that is more a personal issue. I feel I now have a much better understand of how and why of the Russian revolution.