The Court of the Last Tsar: Pomp, Power, and Pagentry in the Reign of Nicholas II

xiii, 559 pp. "...examine[s] the people, mysteries, traditions, scandals, rivalries, rituals, and riches that were part of everyday life in the last two decades of the Romanov dynasty." Includes 24 pages of color photos; more than 80 black-and-white photos; floor plans of the tsar's Winter Palace, the Alexander Palace, and the Grand Kremlin Palace; a map of St. Petersburg; and plans of the imperial parks at Tsarskoye Selo and Peterhof.