The Romanovs by Robert K Massie

The Romanovs by Robert K Massie

From the Modern Library's new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by Robert K. Massie--also available are Peter the Great and Nicholas and Alexandra

In July 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow mass grave near Ekaterinburg, Siberia, a few miles from the infamous cellar room where the last tsar and his family had been murdered seventy-three years before. But were these the bones of the Romanovs? And if these were their remains, where were the bones of the two younger Romanovs supposedly murdered with the rest of the family? Was Anna Anderson, celebrated for more than sixty years in newspapers, books, and film, really Grand Duchess Anastasia? The Romanovs provides the answers, describing in suspenseful detail the dramatic efforts to discover the truth. Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie, the author of Catherine the Great, presents a colorful panorama of contemporary characters, illuminating the major scientific dispute between Russian experts and a team of Americans, whose findings, along with those of DNA scientists from Russia, America, and Great Britain, all contributed to solving one of the great mysteries of the twentieth century.

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The Romanovs

Riveting . . . unfolds like a detective story.--Los Angeles Times Book Review

Peter the Great
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

Enthralling . . . as fascinating as any novel and more so than most.--The New York Times Book Review

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A magnificent and intimate picture . . . Not only the main characters but a whole era become alive and comprehensible.--Harper's

Massie was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and went to Yale University to study American history and Oxford University to study European history as a Rhodes Scholar. From 1987 to 1991, he served as President of the Writers Guild. Nicholas and Alexandra, Peter the Great: His Life and World (for which he received a Pulitzer Prize for biography), The Romanovs: The Last Chapter, Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War, Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea, and Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman are among his works.

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ISBN 13	9780394580487
ISBN 10	0394580486
Title	The Romanovs
Author	Robert K Massie
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1995-10-10
Number of pages	308
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.