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100 1 _aFarquhar, Michael,
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aSecret lives of the tsars :
_bthree centuries of autocracy, debauchery, betrayal, murder, and madness from Romanov Russia /
_cMichael Farquhar.
263 _a1407
264 1 _aNew York :
_bRandom House Trade Paperbacks,
_c2014.
300 _a349 pages ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
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.
600 3 0 _aRomanov, House of
_xHistory.
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651 0 _aRussia
_xKings and rulers
_vBiography.
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651 0 _aRussia
_xKings and rulers
_xSocial life and customs.
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