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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Farquhar, Michael, author.     Subjects     Romanov, House of -- History.     Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.     Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Social life and customs.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Farquhar, Michael, author.       by title:      Secret lives of the ...         MARC Display

Secret lives of the tsars : three centuries of autocracy, debauchery, betrayal, murder, and madness from Romanov Russia / Michael Farquhar. by Farquhar, Michael, author. New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, c2014. Subjects Romanov, House of -- History.   Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.   Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Social life and customs. ISBN:  9780812979053 0812979052 Description:  349 pages ; 21 cm. Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Introductory chapter: 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 -- Concluding chapter: Aftermath. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 947.046 Romanov Fa Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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