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Author Farquhar, Michael.

Title Secret lives of the tsars : three centuries of autocracy, debauchery, betrayal, murder, and madness from Romanov Russia / Michael Farquhar.

Publication Info. New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  947.046 FAR    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  947.046 FAR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  947.046 F23    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  947.046 FARQUHAR    Missing
 Southington Library - Adult  947.046 FAR    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  947.046 FARQUHAR    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  947.046 FA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xvi, 349 pages : genealogical tables ; 21 cm
Contents The Time of Troubles and the rise of the Romanovs -- Ivan V and Peter I (1682-1696): one autocrat too many -- Peter I (1696-1725): the eccentricities of an emperor -- Catherine I (1725-1727): the peasant empress -- Anna (1730-1740): "a bored estate mistress" -- Elizabeth (1741-1762): the empress of pretense -- Peter III (1762): "nature made him a mere poltroon" -- Catherine II (1762-1796): "prey to this mad passion!" -- Paul (1796-1801): "he detests his nation" -- Alexander I (1801-1825): Napoleon's conqueror -- Nicholas I (1825-1855): "a condescending Jupiter" -- Alexander II (1855-1881): "a crowned semi-ruin" -- Alexander III (1881-1894): "a colossus of unwavering autocracy" -- Nicholas II (1894-1917): "an absolute child" -- Nicholas II (1894-1917): "gliding down a precipice" -- Nicholas II (1894-1917): a bloody end -- Aftermath.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-349)
Summary A chronicle of the passions, intrigues, and scandals of the Romanov dynasty includes accounts of such topics as Peter the Great's torture of his own son and Catherine the Great's many young lovers.
Subject Romanov, House of -- History.
Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Social life and customs.
ISBN 9780812979053
0812979052
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