The Last Tsar

The Life and Death of Nicholas II

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Translated by Marian Schwartz. Russian historian Edvard Radzinsky has compiled sources never before available-including the tsar's and tsaritsa's diaries and firsthand accounts of the slayings-to create a vivid portrait of the monarch and the royal family's last days. Included is documentation that links the actual order to execute the imperial family to Lenin himself, as well as evidence that two family members survived.
Edvard Radzinsky is the author of The Last Tsar and Stalin. A celebrated playwright and television personality, he lives in Russia. View titles by Edvard Radzinsky

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Translated by Marian Schwartz. Russian historian Edvard Radzinsky has compiled sources never before available-including the tsar's and tsaritsa's diaries and firsthand accounts of the slayings-to create a vivid portrait of the monarch and the royal family's last days. Included is documentation that links the actual order to execute the imperial family to Lenin himself, as well as evidence that two family members survived.

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Edvard Radzinsky is the author of The Last Tsar and Stalin. A celebrated playwright and television personality, he lives in Russia. View titles by Edvard Radzinsky

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