Nicholas and Alexandra (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert K. Massie
- First Published: 1967
- Time of Work: 1868–1918
- Setting: St. Petersburg, Tsarskoe Selo, and Moscow, in the Russian Empire
- Principal Characters: Nicholas II, Alexandra, Alexis, Grigory Rasputin, Anna Vyrubova
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Children, Family or family life, Revolutions, Kings, queens, or royalty, Assassination, World War I, Mysticism, Biography, Russia or Russian people, Russian Revolution
- Locales: Moscow, Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia
Form and Content
The story of Robert K. Massie’s Nicholas and Alexandra is set against the backdrop of Russia’s imperial demise. To the author, Czar Nicholas II was a good man called upon to rule at the wrong time; while he was not a great czar, he manifested courage and dignity that justified the mantle of martyr that was bestowed upon him by the Orthodox faithful. The central argument of Nicholas and Alexandra is that the Russian Revolution of 1917 occurred primarily because of a tragic circumstance within the Romanov family. Alexis, the heir to the throne,...
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