The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs

The definitive history of the self-destruction of the autocratic Romanov dynasty.

“Filled with revelations and fresh insights and rich with observations.” -The Wall Street Journal

In 1917, Imperial Russia faced a series of overlapping crises, from war to social unrest, that culminated in Tsar Nicholas II's dramatic fall from power. Though Nicholas's life is often described as tragic, a trove of new archival discoveries confirms that it was not fate that doomed the monarchy, but the tsar's ow...