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Secret lives of the tsars, three centuries of autocracy, debauchery, betrayal, murder, and madness from Romanov Russia, Michael Farquhar

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Secret lives of the tsars, three centuries of autocracy, debauchery, betrayal, murder, and madness from Romanov Russia, Michael Farquhar

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-349)

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non fiction

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Secret lives of the tsars

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electronic resource eBook

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Michael Farquhar

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three centuries of autocracy, debauchery, betrayal, murder, and madness from Romanov Russia

Summary

A chronicle of the passions, intrigues, and scandals of the Romanov dynasty includes accounts of such topics as Peter the Great's torture of his own son and Catherine the Great's many young lovers

Table Of Contents

Introductory chapter: The Time of Troubles and the rise of the Romanovs -- Ivan V and Peter I (1682-1696): one autocrat too many -- Peter I (1696-1725): the eccentricities of an emperor -- Catherine I (1725-1727): the peasant empress -- Anna (1730-1740): "a bored estate mistress" -- Elizabeth (1741-1762): the empress of pretense -- Peter III (1762): "nature made him a mere poltroon" -- Catherine II (1762-1796): "prey to this mad passion!" -- Paul (1796-1801): "he detests his nation" -- Alexander I (1801-1825): Napoleon's conqueror -- Nicholas I (1825-1855): "a condescending Jupiter" -- Alexander II (1855-1881): "a crowned semi-ruin" -- Alexander III (1881-1894): "a colossus of unwavering autocracy" -- Nicholas II (1894-1917): "an absolute child" -- Nicholas II (1894-1917): "gliding down a precipice" -- Nicholas II (1894-1917): a bloody end -- Concluding chapter: Aftermath

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