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Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II
by Edvard Radzinsky

462pages

Published: 1992

Genre: Biography

Publisher: Doubleday

Languages: English (translated from the Russian)

ISBN Hardcover: 0385423713; Russian edition: 570270651x

ISBN Softcover: 0385469624

Print Status: in print

Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II

description:

A popular biography of Russia’s last tsar by an award-winning Russian dramatist. (Email for cover photo of Russian edition.)

unique features:

Offers a contemporary, Russian perspective from one of the first authors granted access to GARF.

similar to:

Nicholas & Alexandra

in my opinion:

An enjoyable read, written in a dramatic style, though Radzinsky occasionally speculates on the emotions of his subjects without differentiating his theories from the factual record.

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