emperor of russia

Memoirs of five Russian revolutionaries of the 19th century.

Chronicles the history of the Russian royal family from 1818 until the end of its reign in 1959.

Examines the contradictory life of Peter the Great who brought modernization to Russia while, at the same time, inflicting decades of war on his people.

Jonah, thirteen, and Katherine, eleven, travel through time to 1918 Russia just as Alexei, Anastasia, and the rest of Tsar Nicholas II's family is about to be executed. Author's note includes facts about the Romanov's and the mystery surrounding their deaths.

Offers a comprehensive account of the imprisonment and murder of Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his family, drawing on fresh evidence and previously unpublished documents to reveal how the family was treated and how they treated one another in captivity.

Explains the role of Peter the Great in taking Russia into the modern world; describes the everyday life of the people; and includes poems, plays, and letters written by Russians about themselves.

In alternating chapters, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia tell how their privileged lives as the daughters of the tsar in early twentieth-century Russia are transformed by world war and revolution.

A biography of Peter the Great, emperor of Russia, who lived during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries and struggled to bring Russia out of its medievalism.