The extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most powerful women in history.
Robert K. Massie was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and studied American history at Yale and European history at Oxford, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He was president of the Authors Guild from 1987 to 1991. His books include Nicholas and Alexandra; Peter the Great: His Life and World (for which he won a Pulitzer Prize for biography); The Romanovs: The Final Chapter; Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War; and Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea.
A biographer with the instincts of a novelist
*New York Times*
A masterful portrait of a majestic monarch
*Publishers Weekly*
A sensitive and compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan,
but also of a flesh-and-blood woman
*Newsweek*
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