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The Romanovs

1613-1918

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The Romanovs

Auteur(s): Simon Sebag Montefiore
Narrateur(s): Simon Beale
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The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all?

This is the intimate story of 20 tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition. Simon Sebag Montefiore's gripping chronicle reveals their secret world of unlimited power and ruthless empire building, overshadowed by palace conspiracy, family rivalries, sexual decadence, and wild extravagance, with a global cast of adventurers, courtesans, revolutionaries, and poets, from Ivan the Terrible to Tolstoy and Pushkin to Bismarck, Lincoln, Queen Victoria, and Lenin.

To rule Russia was both imperial-sacred mission and poisoned chalice: Six of the last 12 tsars were murdered. Peter the Great tortured his own son to death while making Russia an empire and dominated his court with a dining club notable for compulsory drunkenness, naked dwarfs, and fancy dress. Catherine the Great overthrew her own husband (who was murdered soon afterward), enjoyed affairs with a series of young male favorites, conquered Ukraine, and fascinated Europe. Paul I was strangled by courtiers backed by his own son, Alexander I, who in turn faced Napoleon's invasion and the burning of Moscow, then went on to take Paris. Alexander II liberated the serfs, survived five assassination attempts, and wrote perhaps the most explicit love letters ever composed by a ruler. The Romanovs climaxes with a fresh, unforgettable portrayal of Nicholas II and Alexandra, the rise and murder of Rasputin, war, and revolution - and the harrowing massacre of the entire family.

Dazzlingly entertaining and beautifully written from start to finish, The Romanovs brings these monarchs - male and female, great and flawed, their families and courts - blazingly to life. Drawing on new archival research, Montefiore delivers an enthralling epic of triumph and tragedy, love and murder, encompassing the seminal years 1812, 1914, and 1917, that is both a universal study of power and a portrait of an empire that helps define Russia today.

©2016 Simon Sebag Montefiore (P)2016 Random House Audio
Europe Politique Politique et militantisme Royauté Russie Sciences politiques Guerre Union soviétique Émotionnellement captivant Impérialisme Militaire Moyen Âge Japon impérial Socialisme L’entre-deux-guerres

Ce que les critiques en disent

"In another great work of history, Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Jerusalem, tells the bloody and decadent stories of the 20 tsars and tsarinas of Russia's last imperial dynasty. The Romanovs is like 20 gripping novels in one." [ Sunday Express (London)]
"Simon Sebag Montefiore's The Romanovs is epic history on the grandest scale...A story of conspiracy, drunken coups, assassination, torture, impaling, breaking on the wheel, lethal floggings with the knout, sexual and alcoholic excess, charlatans and pretenders, flamboyant wealth based on a grinding serfdom, and, not surprisingly, a vicious cycle of repression and revolt. Game of Thrones seems like the proverbial vicar's tea party in comparison.... Reading Montefiore's excellent account, it is hard to imagine how the monarchy could ever have survived under their catastrophic leadership." (Antony Beevor, Financial Times)
"An impressive book that combines rigorous research with exquisite prose." [Gerard de Groot, The Times (London)]
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Great book! Full of details, successfully delineates the history of this tragic and short lived dynasty.

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Brilliant - the depth of the research and passion for the subject was extraordinary. The narration was incredible too

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excellent book! gives a great overview of the entire Romanov history. the narration was excellent as well.

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These people were really odd in their behavior. Sometimes I feel like the rulers of Russia had the maturity of toddlers, but honestly it's a good read

What a weird family

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I have listened to and benefited from many audiobooks based on historical subjects, but this was the worst: dreadful in every way. It is merely an hours-long recitation of historical facts read at a breakneck pace, with little variation in intonation by the narrator.
I had expected something like Simon Schama on the French Revolution or Robert Massie on Peter the Great .
I was actually looking forward to 1917 !

the worst audiobook I have ever encountered

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