Susan H. (symphonie) reviewed on 5/23/2006 + 158 more book reviews

He was Tsar Nicholas II, shy, handsome ruler of one-sixth of the earth and more than 120 million Russian people. She was Alix, the golden-haired German princess. Deeply in love, a perfect storybook couple, they presided over a glittering world of opulent palaces, lavish balls, and incomparable luxury. Then their cherished son Alexis was born. His hemophilia led to their tragic entanglement with the evil monk Rasputin and finally swept them from their fairy-tale existence to the dark cellar room where the entire royal family, including the famous Anastasia, would face their pitiless executioners.

Moving, tragic, unforgettable, here is Robert K. Massie's account of an extraordinary imerial dynasty. A doomed empire, and a revolution that would inexorably change the world forever.

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