The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & The Fall Of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming, 292 pages
Although not one of my favorite historical periods, I’ve
always had a small fascination with the whole “missing princess” story. I hadn’t read many non-fictional accounts of
the Romanov family so I didn’t know a lot of what was happening in Russia
during this time. This book was well
written and kept everything pretty simple so I got a much clearer picture of
how Nicholas was ignoring and sometimes exacerbating the problems that the poor
were facing in Russia, which certainly went a long way towards explaining why
the Russian Revolution happened.
Actually both the October and May Revolutions were pretty well
explained. I also felt like I had a
better grasp on why World War I actually started and how the various powers
became involved. Before reading this
book, if someone had asked me, I would have said “an archduke got shot” but
this book actually pretty simply explained the land situation and who was
allied with who and why. I’m not sure
that I learned a lot of new information about the family themselves, because I
knew more about them going into the book, but there were some interesting
tidbits about them, especially the children, as well. Overall, I’d have to say that I really
enjoyed the book and would definitely recommend it to anyone with an interest
in this time period or Russian history.
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