Thirteen Years at the Russian Court: the Last... Pierre Gilliard
Thirteen Years at the Russian Court: the Last... Pierre Gilliard An intimate view of the last Russian Tsar and his familyThe cataclysm of the First World War ultimately swept away many of the great…
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Thirteen Years at the Russian Court: the Last... Pierre Gilliard
An intimate view of the last Russian Tsar and his familyThe cataclysm of the First World War ultimately swept away many of the great monarchies of Europe, but none of the casualties were more tragic or poignant in their passing than the Romanovs of Russia. Students of the period have always been fascinated by the story of the doomed Romanovs, and this book, written by a Swiss academic and French language tutor to the five children of the Tsar, Nicholas II, has become a classic on the subject. The violence of the Russian Revolution brought about an inevitable regicide which dispatched the entire royal family in the tawdriest circumstances.
Details of those turbulent times, as the It offers intimate and invaluable insights into the personal lives of the last reigning Russian royal family, and into the politics and personalities-including the infamous Rasputin-that surrounded them.