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Author Rounding, Virginia.

Title Alix and Nicky : the passion of the last tsar and tsarina / Virginia Rounding.

Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY NICHOLAS II    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  947.08 ROUNDING    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  947.083 ROU    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B NICHOLAS II EMPEROR R    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxv, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-347) and index.
Contents Setting the scene : the Romanov tercentenary -- The empress's illness, and her friend Ania -- Mystical circles, and the struggle to produce an heir -- Autocracy in crisis -- Beginnings -- After the coronation -- Family matters -- Grigory the wonder-worker -- Upsets at home, and the beginning of war -- The great fight -- From command to abdication -- From ex's to icons.
Summary A study of the marriage of the last Russian tsar and tsarina offers psychological insights into their relationship and covers the Empress's ill health, their relationship with confidante Ania Vyrubova, and their reliance on the infamous Rasputin.
Subject Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918.
Alexandra, Empress, consort of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1872-1918.
Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917.
Emperors -- Russia -- Biography.
Empresses -- Russia -- Biography.
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 -- Marriage.
Alexandra, Empress, consort of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1872-1918 -- Marriage.
Married people -- Russia -- Biography.
Love -- Russia -- Case studies.
ISBN 9780312381004 hardback
031238100X hardback
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