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050 00 $aDK258$b.R68 2012
082 00 $a947.08/30922$aB$223
100 1 $aRounding, Virginia.
245 10 $aAlix and Nicky :$bthe passion of the last tsar and tsarina /$cVirginia Rounding.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c2012.
300 $axxv, 368 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., geneal. table ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 339-347) and index.
505 0 $aSetting the scene : the Romanov tercentenary -- The empress's illness, and her friend Ania -- Mystical circles, and the struggle to produce an heir -- Autocracy in crisis -- Beginnings -- After the coronation -- Family matters -- Grigory the wonder-worker -- Upsets at home, and the beginning of war -- The great fight -- From command to abdication -- From ex's to icons.
520 $aA study of the marriage of the last Russian tsar and tsarina offers psychological insights into their relationship and covers the Empress's ill health, their relationship with confidante Ania Vyrubova, and their reliance on the infamous Rasputin.
600 00 $aNicholas$bII,$cEmperor of Russia,$d1868-1918.
600 00 $aAlexandra,$cEmpress, consort of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia,$d1872-1918.
651 0 $aRussia$xKings and rulers$vBiography.
651 0 $aRussia$xHistory$yNicholas II, 1894-1917.
650 0 $aEmperors$zRussia$vBiography.
650 0 $aEmpresses$zRussia$vBiography.
600 00 $aNicholas$bII,$cEmperor of Russia,$d1868-1918$xMarriage.
600 00 $aAlexandra,$cEmpress, consort of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia,$d1872-1918$xMarriage.
650 0 $aMarried people$zRussia$vBiography.
650 0 $aLove$zRussia$vCase studies.
852 00 $bglx$hDK258$i.R68 2012