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A review by aaronreadabook
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie
5.0
This was brilliant. A beautifully written narrative history/biography full of interesting characters at a turning point of modern history.
Although the Romanov's with hindsight seem quite naive, Massie is very sympathetic with them as parents dealing with a child with a horrible disease (he too had a child with hemophilia). Add to this one of the most fascinating and mysterious characters in all of history, Rasputin, it becomes a completely compelling drama.
Reading this you can't help but like Nicholas and his family, and hope that they somehow escape their terrible fate, a fate which led to decades of horror for their country.
I love Russian history but I think anyone with any interest in history at all would love this.
Although the Romanov's with hindsight seem quite naive, Massie is very sympathetic with them as parents dealing with a child with a horrible disease (he too had a child with hemophilia). Add to this one of the most fascinating and mysterious characters in all of history, Rasputin, it becomes a completely compelling drama.
Reading this you can't help but like Nicholas and his family, and hope that they somehow escape their terrible fate, a fate which led to decades of horror for their country.
I love Russian history but I think anyone with any interest in history at all would love this.