Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Roman Dynasty

613 pp. In this commanding book, New York Times bestselling author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of the Russian empire to tell the story of the Romanovs' lives: Nicholas's political naivete, Alexandra's obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis's brave struggle with hemophilia. Against a lavish backdrop of luxury and intrigue, Massie unfolds a powerful drama of passion and history - the story of a doomed empire and the death-marked royals who watched it crumble.