Best Selling Books by Robert K Massie

Sobre o pano de fundo da Europa e da Rússia nos séculos XVII e XVIII, desenrola-se a magnífica história de Pedro, o Grande. Coroado aos dez anos de idade, ele foi um czar bárbaro, volátil e feudal, com um pendor para a tortura; um reformador progressista e iluminista do governo e da ciência; e um estadista de visão e relevância colossais. Pedro, o Grande, encarnava as maiores forças e fraquezas da Rússia, enquanto ao mesmo tempo foi figura de proa do desenvolvimento de seu país. Amarilys, um selo da Editora Manole

Against a monumental backdrop of fabulous splendour, intrigue and barbaric cruelty, unfolds a powerful drama of passion and history. This is the story of the Romanovs, from the Tsar who brought Russia from darkness into light, to one of the greatest female rulers in history, and ultimately to the death-marked royals who watched their empire crumble. PETER THE GREAT: Crowned at the age of 10, Peter embodied the greatest strengths and weaknesses of Russia while being at the very forefront of her development. CATHERINE THE GREAT: In 1762, Catherine rode out of St Petersburg at the head of an army to arrest her husband. Three months later, at the age of just 33, she became sole empress of the largest empire on earth. NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA: The story of Nicholas''s political naivete, Alexandra''s obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis''s brave struggle with haemophilia.

Geschiedenis van het gezin van de laatste tsaar (1894-1918), waarin de ongeneeslijke bloederziekte van de troonopvolger en de mystieke binding van de tsarina met de beruchte monnik Raspoetin centraal staan.

Om den sidste russiske zar Nikolaj II (1868-1918) og hans samtid