The Last Tsar : The Life and Death of Nicholas II

by Edvard Radzinsky

Release Date: 15 June, 1993

Edition: Paperback

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The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II

The Last Tsar is the epitome of what a great detective story should be. Radzinsky goes into the lives of the most famous family in Russian history and gives an account of their aristocratic lives and their tragic fall as prisoners under Communist Russia. Quite possibly the greatest book written on the lives of the Romanovs second to only Nicholas and Alexandra.

Good insight into the lives of Nicholas, Alexandra & family.

This book will teach you a lot of good information about tsarist Russia, in particular about Nicholas II's reign. The book is exhaustive in its research on the subject, and talks about Nicholas' relationship with Russian citizens, Rasputin's influence with Alexandra and the last days and death of the tsar and his family. However, it is hard to follow all the twists,turns and names that Radzinsky includes. Who did what and why, as well as how the tsar died, who might have lived and what was done with the bodies becomes tedious and a little difficult to follow. Otherwise, this book is readable, informative and entertaining.