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The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II

by Edvard Radzinsky, Edvard Radzinskii · 1992

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Russian playwright and historian Radzinsky mines sources never before available to create a fascinating portrait of the monarch, and a minute-by-minute account of his terrifying last days. Updated for the paperback edition.

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long · 496 pages

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