Thirteen Years at the Russian Court: A Personal Record of the Last Years and Death of the Tsar Nicholas II, and His Family

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Welch, Frances (2018). The Imperial Tea Party: Family, Politics and Betrayal: The Ill-fated British and Russian Royal Alliance. London: Short Books. ISBN 978-1-78072-306-8. a b Martin Vennard (27 June 2012), Tsar Nicholas – exhibits from an execution, BBC News , retrieved 3 April 2017 This relatively docile revolution didn't turn out well. Seeing peasants approach the Winter Palace in a sea of dirty faces and tattered clothing, imperial soldiers fired on them in a slaughter that came to be known as "Bloody Sunday", Nicholas being dubbed the "Bloody Czar". The people were confident their czar would have compassion on them, that Nicholas was just so far removed from the cares of the real world that he had no idea what the peasants endured and would leap into action if they let him know, but this incident destroyed the people's trust in him, perhaps irreparably. As serious social upheaval set into motion by insurrectionists such as Vladimir Lenin began, however, the imperial family had problems of its own. The birth of their first child, Olga, was cause for celebration, though slightly dampened by the fact that as a female she was ineligible to succeed Nicholas as heir to the throne. Next came Tatiana, and her birth was more troubling still for a nation and family eager to welcome the next tsarevich into the world. When Alexandra's third pregnancy resulted in another daughter, Marie, Russia was nearly inconsolable. The empress wasn't a young girl anymore, and carrying babies to term was a hardship. A fourth child, Anastasia, was born, and dark clouds of uncertainty shrouded the Russian sun. How much more of this could they take? The long, painful wait made the arrival of Nicholas and Alexandra's fifth child, a son named Alexei, all the sweeter. Russia had its heir to the Romanov throne. If only it were that simple. The mystery of the Romanovs' untimely demise, Russia Beyond the Headlines, p.4, archived from the original on 16 January 2017 , retrieved 15 January 2017 Presents the intimate stories of the tsarinas and tsars. The world of Romanovs, which was full of power and the empire was big. There were different conspiracies based on the palaces. Ruling Russia was a two points mission that included both the sacred and imperial factors. Taking about the total number of Tsars who were brutally killed were sixteen in number. And these sixteen were from the last tsars. The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore also tells that Peter the Great was so indulged in setting up his empire that he started depressing and torturing his son. And at last, the son of Peter the Great died.I told such a good story that people always thought I was telling the truth. But I wasn't. I didn't have a three-legged cat or a ghost in my attic, and I'd certainly never been to Paris, France. I simply enjoyed telling a good story... and seeing my listener's reaction. The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world’s surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world’s greatest empire? And how did they lose it all?

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of

I have always been a storyteller. Even before I could write my name, I could tell a good tale. And I told them all the time. As a preschooler, I told my neighbors all about my three-legged cat named Spot. In kindergarten, I told my classmates about the ghost that lived in my attic. And in first grade I told my teacher, Miss Harbart, all about my family's trip to Paris, France. I’ll be delving into other books about the family since now I’m completely fascinated by their story. Andi wrote: "Can anyone help me find this book series. It is historical fiction set in Russia maybe 10 yrs before the revolution, spanning until at least as far as the Romanovs execution. The Romanovs were mino..."

But everything I read and learned was written with a lot of leeway given towards the Romanovs. If I learned much of anything about the conditions that led to their deaths, I forgot it years ago; my memories of learning about the Romanovs go along the lines of "Once upon a time, there was a rich, royal, tragic family, and Bolsheviks killed them in a cellar. And Anastasia didn't escape." Not just a thumpingly good read, but also essentially a story of human fragility and passions, albeit taking place under the intimidating shadow of a massive Stalinist portico." The National Rappaport, Helen. The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg. St. Martin's Griffin, 2010. ISBN 978-0312603472. Within that time he would be a witness to one of the most remarkable and tragic events of modern history as a close-knit family was torn apart and executed in the midst of the Revolution.