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English
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As war approaches, Grand Duchess Olga Romanov trades her gown for a nursing habit, but when troubling rumors about her parents trickle in from the Front and the controversy over Rasputin grows into a fiery protest, a call for revolution threatens to end three hundred years of Romanov rule.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xxviii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"Investigating the murder of the Russian Imperial Family, Helen Rappaport embarks on a quest to uncover the many international plots to save them, why they failed, and who was responsible. The murder of the Romanov family in July 1918 horrified the world and its aftershocks still reverberate today. In Putin's autocratic Russia, the Revolution itself is considered a crime and its one hundredth anniversary was largely ignored. In stark contrast, the...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xiii, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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A brilliant account of the political forces swirling through the remote Urals town of Ekaterinburg at the bitter end of the First World War. Challenges the view that the deaths of the Romanovs were a unilateral act by a maverick group of Bolsheviks, and identifies a chain of command that stretches to Moscow-- and to Lenin himself.
Author
Series
Royal diaries volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
220 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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A novel in diary form in which the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II describes the privileged life her family led up until the time of World War I and the tragic events that befell them.
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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
ix, 549 pages : genealogical table ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Tsar Nicholas II fell from power in 1917, Imperial Russia faced a series of overlapping crises, from war to social unrest. Though Nicholas's life is often described as tragic, it was not fate that doomed the Romanovs--it was poor leadership and a blinkered faith in autocracy. Based on a trove of new archival discoveries, The Last Tsar narrates how Nicholas's resistance to reform doomed the monarchy. Encompassing the captivating personalities...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
333 p. ; 21 cm.
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English
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As world war and the looming Russian Revolution threaten all they hold dear, Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II, and her family are being held in captivity, where she falls in love with one of their captors, a young man who has espoused the ideals of Lenin.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xxv, 368 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A study of the marriage of the last Russian tsar and tsarina offers psychological insights into their relationship and covers the Empress's ill health, their relationship with confidante Ania Vyrubova, and their reliance on the infamous Rasputin.
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2017.
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xviii, 382 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
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A detailed account of Tsar Nicholas II's last eighteenth months draws on the Tsar's diaries, recorded conversations, and official inquiry testimonies to create a portrait of a man entirely out of his depth.
11) I was Anastasia
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English
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"Ariel Lawhon, a rising star in historical suspense, has set her sights on one of history's most beguiling mysteries: Did Anastasia Romanov survive the Russian Revolution, or was Anna Anderson, the woman who notoriously claimed her identity, an impostor? Russia, July 17, 1918: Under direct orders from Vladimir Lenin, Bolshevik secret police force Anastasia Romanov, along with the entire imperial family, into a damp basement in Siberia where they face...
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Publisher
Howard Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
x, 116 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Unveils the heart and life of the man who inspired the modern-day version of Santa Claus, in a story about Saint Nicholas's selfless giving, due to his devotion to God, in third-century Turkey.
Author
Series
Nicholas Linnear volume 4
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c1993
Physical Desc
482 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
14) Bristol's bastards: in Iraq with the 2nd Battalion, 136th Infantry of Minnesota's National Guard
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Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Minnesota's toughest farm boys take on Iraqi insurgents in one of the most irreverent and outrageous memoirs to come out of the war Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 136th Infantry Regiment of the Minnesota National Guard, composed in large part of farm kids from the Midwest who could replace a tank track on the side of the road using nothing but a crescent wrench, Zippo lighter, and a two-by-four, fought alongside the Marine Corps in Anbar province through...
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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xxvii, 284 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Based on new sources-the definitive biography of Rasputin, with revelations about his life, death, and involvement with the Romanovs.
A century after his death, Grigory Rasputin remains fascinating: the Russian peasant with hypnotic eyes who befriended Tsar Nicholas II and helped destroy the Russian Empire, but the truth about his strange life has never fully been told. Written by the world's leading authority on Rasputin, this new biography draws...
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Language
English
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In January 2003, Nicholas Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a three week trip around the world. It was to mark a milestone in their lives, for at 37 and 38 respectively, they were now the only surviving members of their family. Against the backdrop of the wonders of the world, the Sparks brothers band together to heal, to remember, and to learn to live life to the fullest.
Author
Series
Blackstone legacy volume 2
Language
English
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"From the steppes of Russia to the corridors of power in Washington, Natalia and Dimitri will fight against all odds to save the railroad and share the truth of what happened, but how can their newfound love survive the ordeal?"-- Provided by publisher.