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_aFarquhar, Michael, _eauthor. _9183946 |
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_aSecret lives of the tsars : _bthree centuries of autocracy, debauchery, betrayal, murder, and madness from Romanov Russia / _cMichael Farquhar. |
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_aNew York : _bRandom House Trade Paperbacks, _c2014. |
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_a349 pages ; _c21 cm |
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_atext _2rdacontent |
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_aunmediated _2rdamedia |
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_avolume _2rdacarrier |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [347]-349). | ||
505 | 0 | _aIntroductory 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. | |
520 | _aA 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. | ||
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_aRomanov, House of _xHistory. _9126007 |
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_aRussia _xKings and rulers _vBiography. _982620 |
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_aRussia _xKings and rulers _xSocial life and customs. _9251841 |
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