Eine Biographie, die im Moskau des 17. Jhdts. beginnt und im "Neuen Rußland" nach den Reformen endet
Die Romanows Reihe
Diese Serie taucht tief in die reiche und oft dramatische Geschichte der russischen Zarenfamilie ein. Sie erforscht die Höhen und Tiefen ihrer Herrscher, ihre persönlichen Leben und die politischen Intrigen, die ein Imperium prägten. Leser werden Zeugen der großartigen Ereignisse, die die russische Geschichte beeinflussten, von Reformen und Kriegen bis hin zu persönlichen Tragödien und Triumphen. Die Erzählung erweckt komplexe Persönlichkeiten und entscheidende Momente mit fesselnden Details zum Leben.
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"[A] tale of power, perseverance and passion . . . a great story in the hands of a master storyteller."--The Wall Street Journal The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination. For thirty-four years, the government, foreign policy, cultural development, and welfare of the Russian people were in her hands. She dealt with domestic rebellion, foreign wars, and the tidal wave of political change and violence churned up by the French Revolution. Catherine's family, friends, ministers, generals, lovers, and enemies--all are here, vividly brought to life. History offers few stories richer than that of Catherine the Great. In this book, an eternally fascinating woman is returned to life. "[A] compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a flesh-and-blood woman."--Newsweek "An absorbing, satisfying biography."--Los Angeles Times "Juicy and suspenseful."--The New York Times Book Review "A great life, indeed, and irresistibly told."--Salon NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times - The Washington Post - USA Today - The Boston Globe - San Francisco Chronicle - Chicago Tribune - Newsweek/The Daily Beast - Salon - Vogue - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - The Providence Journal - Washington Examiner - South Florida Sun-Sentinel - BookPage - Bookreporter - Publishers Weekly
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A “magnificent and intimate” (Harper’s) modern classic of Russian history, the spellbinding story of the love that ended an empire—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, The Romanovs, and Catherine the Great “A moving, rich book . . . [This] revealing, densely documented account of the last Romanovs focuses not on the great events . . . but on the royal family and their evil nemesis. . . . The tale is so bizarre, no melodrama is equal to it.”—Newsweek In this commanding book, New York Times bestselling author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of the Russian empire to tell the story of the Romanovs’ lives: Nicholas’s political naïveté, Alexandra’s obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis’s brave struggle with hemophilia. Against a lavish backdrop of luxury and intrigue, Massie unfolds a powerful drama of passion and history—the story of a doomed empire and the death-marked royals who watched it crumble.
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Das definitive Buch über das Schicksal und die Nachgeschichte der russischen Zarenfamilie. Eine Antwort auf alle noch offengebliebenen Fragen zum Verbleib der Leichen und zu den zweifelhaften Thronprätendenten der Nachkriegszeit, darunter Anna Anderson, die sechzig Jahre als vermeintliche Großfürstin Anastasia durch die Gazetten spukte.
