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The four Romanov sisters were the Princess Dianas of their day. They were the most photographed and the most talked about young royals of the early twentieth century. Over the years their tragic end has overshadowed their true selves. The contents of this book, taken from diaries and letters written to their friends and family, show that the girls were intelligent, sensitive, and perceptive witnesses to the dark turmoil within their immediate family and the ominous approach of the Russian Revolution.

Biography of Tsar Nicholas II providing a portrait of the monarch and detailed account of his last days and assassination.

Provides facts and information about the Romanovs, the slain family of the last Russian tsar, the claims by some that Anna Anderson was really the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and the results of forensic tests on the skeletons found in a shallow grave in Siberia.

A collection of more than three hundred photographs of the Russian Romanov family.

Lavish retelling of the final years of the Russian Tsar and Empress. The film begins in 1904 and shows the stark contrast between the opulent life of the nobility and the poverty of the peasants. Over the years Nicholas cannot satify the needs of the people or prevent Russia's entry into World War I, and the Empress falls under the spell of the evil monk, Rasputin. The film ends with the Russian Revolution and the execution of the royal family.

The story of the Russian Revolution as it unfolded. Describes both the luxurious lives of the Romanovs and the plight of Russia's peasants and their eventual uprising.

Biography of Siberian-born mystic Grigori Rasputin, discussing his religious visions and conversion, disagreements with the Russian Orthodox church, relationships and influence upon the Romanovs, and murder at the hands of a nobleman.

A biography of the last Tsar of Russia and his family with a reconstruction of what happened during their imprisonment and murder by the Communists in 1918.