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Author King, Greg, 1964-

Title The court of the last tsar : pomp, power, and pageantry in the reign of Nicholas II / Greg King.

Publication Info. Hoboken : Wiley, [2006]
©2006

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 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  947.08 KING    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 559 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-538) and index.
Contents Personages -- The last tsar -- The imperial family -- A rival court -- The Romanovs -- The Russian Court -- Below stairs at the palace -- The military -- The aristocracy -- The Russian Orthodox Church -- Palaces -- The winter palace -- Tsarskoye Selo -- Peterhof -- The Moscow palaces -- Possessions -- Imperial riches -- Fashion at the Russian Court -- Jewelry, regalia, and objets d'art -- Imperial transportation -- Country estates -- Pageantry -- Imperial ceremonies -- An imperial funeral -- An imperial wedding -- The coronation -- The tercentenary -- Imperial balls -- State visits -- The Crimea -- The last season -- Epilogue: July 20, 1914: the beginning of the end.
Subject Russia -- Civilization -- 20th century.
Russia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Russia -- Court and courtiers.
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 -- Family.
Romanov, House of.
ISBN 0471727636 cloth
Standard No. 9780471727637
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