Michael And Natasha: The Life and Love of Emperor Michael II, the Last Tsar of Russia - Rilegato

Crawford, Donald; Crawford, Rosemary

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ISBN 10: 0297818368 ISBN 13: 9780297818366

Casa editrice: W&N, 1997

Riassunto

The epic story of Grand Duke Michael, younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II, a career soldier, who defied the Romanov code to marry a commoner and divercee. Based on the letters and diaries of Michael and Natasha, only now available from former soviet archives. The love story crosses Europe in the golden age before the first world war, including a period when Michael is banished from Russia, his assets sequestered and even his mother refuses to acknowledge his bride. Welcomed back to Russia to command a regiment after the outbreak of war, Michaelfinds himself at odds with Nicholas and his irrational wife Alexandra. He is appalled at the influence of Rasputin. Later, Michael finds himself decreed Tsarduring revolution and imprisoned. Natasha escapes Russia with their son and her daughter.

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Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly creased and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 448 pages; Description: xi, 448 p. : ill. , maps ; 25 cm. Subjects: Mikhail Aleksandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia, 1878-1918. Sheremetevskaya, Nathalie, Countess Brassova, 1888-1952. Romanov, House of. Princes --Russia --Biography. Countesses.

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• Editore: W&N
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0297818368
• ISBN 13: 9780297818366
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 480