Swashbuckling counter spy Alex Hawke is the only man, both Americans and the Brits agree, who can stop the madness created by the new Russia and its new Tsar, who is pulling strings and pulling them hard.
The tsars of Russia reigned as absolute monarchs long past the time when the authority of other sovereigns had been curtailed.
An account of the life, reign, and final days of the last Russian tsar draws on Nicholas II's personal diaries and other sources
The story of Tsar Nicholas II and his family has been the object of much heartbreak and speculations up to this day.
Find out how this last Russian tsar rose to power and oversaw the end of a 300-year family dynasty as it teetered, tottered, and finally fell over the edge of oblivion. This is the story of Tsar Nicholas II.
Although Inge Auerbach in her biography of the prince asserts that he actually began to study Latin about three years after his arrival in Lithuania , it is not known whether he ever achieved written proficiency in this language .
Imperial Legend, with a deft touch and a fresh voice, “solves” one of the most intriguing royal mysteries of the past two centuries.
The New Tsar is a staggering achievement, a deeply researched and essential biography of one of the most important and destabilizing world leaders in recent history, a man whose merciless rule has become inextricably bound to Russia's ...
Those who prefered the former received two glasses of tea with lemon and sugar . ... Among these traktirs de luxe there were some that specialized in Siberian dishes , like Lopachev's ; others , like Testov's , were famous for their ...
This collection of essays addresses the challenge of modern nationalism to the tsarist Russian Empire.
The Patriarch and the Tsar