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Complete Wartime Correspondence of Tsar Nicholas II and the Empress Alexandra, April 1914-March 1917 by Empress Alexandra & Nicholas II & Joseph T. Fuhrmann
This edition of the war letters of Russia's last royal couple (written mainly in English) shows the enormous love they shared. Against the backdrop of a bloody war, Alexandra offers commentary on hospitals and her husband on the war effort. The causes of the Russian Revolution are clear.Nicholas and his German-born wife Alexandra generally used English in writing to each other. This edition of their letters and telegrams, plus English translations of the few telegrams in Russian. The enormous love the couple shared against the backdrop of a bloody war and the approaching end of the Russian empire is clear. Alexandra offers extensive commentary on hospitals and the wounded (she was a volunteer nurse). Nicholas II reports on the military and the war effort. The growing influence of Rasputin is also thoroughly documented in these texts. The reader sees in detail the crises that led to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the collapse of the tsarist regime. This book should be of interest to all students of late Imperial Russia and World War I and those interested in the Romanovs. |
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| Author(s) : Joseph T. Fuhrmann | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0313305110 | ISBN-13 : 9780313305115 |
| RRP : £100.00 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Series Title : Documentary Reference Collections S.
Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 30/03/1999
Publisher : Greenwood Press
Page Length : 1200mm
Page Size : 235mm