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The last tsar : the abdication of Nicholas II and the fall of the Romanovs
Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi, 1941-2024
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When Tsar Nicholas II fell from power in 1917, Imperial Russia faced a series of overlapping crises, from war to social unrest. Though Nicholas's life is often described as tragic, it was not fate that doomed the Romanovs-it was poor leadership and a blinkered faith in autocracy. Based on a trove of new archival discoveries, The Last Tsar narrates how Nicholas's resistance to reform doomed the monarchy. Encompassing the captivating personalities of the era-the bumbling Nicholas, his spiteful wife Alexandra, the family's faith healer Rasputin-it untangles the dramatic struggle by Russia's aristocratic, military, and legislative elite to reform the monarchy. By rejecting compromise, Nicholas undermined his supporters at crucial moments. His blunders cleared the way for all-out civil war and the eventual rise of the Soviet Union. Definitive and engrossing, The Last Tsar uncovers how Nicholas II stumbled into revolution, taking his family, the Romanov dynasty, and the whole Russian Empire down with him.
Main title:
The last tsar : the abdication of Nicholas II and the fall of the Romanovs / by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa.
Author:
Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi, 1941-, author
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
London : Basic Books, 2024.
Collation:
ix, 549 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Note on Dates and NamesPrefacePart I : Road to DestructionChapter 1 : Nicholas II : Autocracy, Family, ReligionChapter 2 : Russia Enters the WarChapter 3 : Parting WaysChapter 4 : The Bullet That Killed RasputinPart II : AbdicationsChapter 5 : Revolution Erupts in PetrogradChapter 6 : Suppressing the RevolutionChapter 7 : Imperial Train and Information BlockadeChapter 8 : To the Pskov StationChapter 9 : Responsible MinistryChapter 10 : AbdicationChapter 11 : A Fateful Change of MindChapter 12 : Mikhail’s Renunciation of the ThroneChapter 13 : Arrests and ReunionEpilogue.
ISBN:
9781399819848 (paperback)
Dewey class:
947.083
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
521909
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 947.083 LAS | Onloan - Due: 14 Mar 2025 |