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The Relentless Tragedy of Empress Alexandra

Alexandra: The Last Tsarine by Carolly Erickson

December 19, 2023 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

This is a solid and very readable biography of Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, who was the last Tsarina of Russia. I had never read a biography specifically of her, although I did know a lot about her life through my obsession with Edward VII. Alexandra was his niece, and his sister (Alexandra’s mother) Alice’s tragic death through diphtheria has always stuck with me as particularly sad. I did learn some new facts from this book, which is always a plus for me. It also lives up […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History Tagged With: bolshevism, Carolly Erickson, murder, pre-russian revolution, russian history, russian revolution

GentleRain's CBR15 Review No:57 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History · Tags: bolshevism, Carolly Erickson, murder, pre-russian revolution, russian history, russian revolution ·
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You Can Call it Fate or Chance, but We Made it Happen

May 13, 2018 by Ellesfena 2 Comments

The most interesting parts of history are the moments that probably seemed small at the time they happened, but whose effects rippled throughout the entire world. And I can’t think of a single period in history more full of those little moments all coming together to disastrous effect than the reign of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. Nicholas became the Tsar in 1894 and abdicated in 1917, during the World War I. Besides being the last Tsar of Russia, he and his wife […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: bolshevism, nicholas ii, rasputin, robert k massie, romanov dynasty

Ellesfena's CBR10 Review No:24 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: bolshevism, nicholas ii, rasputin, robert k massie, romanov dynasty ·
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