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The Resource Secret lives of the tsars : three centuries of autocracy, debauchery, betrayal, murder, and madness from Romanov Russia, Michael Farquhar
Secret lives of the tsars : three centuries of autocracy, debauchery, betrayal, murder, and madness from Romanov Russia, Michael Farquhar
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- Summary
- -- Washington Post Scandal! Intrigue! Cossacks! Here the world's most engaging royal historian chronicles the world's most fascinating imperial dynasty: the Romanovs, whose three-hundred-year reign was remarkable for its shocking violence, spectacular excess, and unimaginable venality. In this incredibly entertaining history, Michael Farquhar collects the best, most captivating true tales of Romanov iniquity. We meet Catherine the Great, with her endless parade of virile young lovers (none of them of the equine variety); her unhinged son, Paul I, who ordered the bones of one of his mother's paramours dug out of its grave and tossed into a gorge; and Grigori Rasputin, the "Mad Monk, "whose mesmeric domination of the last of the Romanov tsars helped lead to the monarchy's undoing. From Peter the Great's penchant for personally beheading his recalcitrant subjects (he kept the severed head of one of his mistresses pickled in alcohol) to Nicholas and Alexandra's brutal demise at the hands of the Bolsheviks, -- Praise for -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- "A terrifically accessible history."--Kirkus Reviews From the Trade Paperback edition
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (pages)
- Note
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- This is an Overdrive title
- Includes index
- Contents
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- Introductory chapter: The Time of Troubles and the rise of the Romanovs
- Ivan V and Peter I (1682-1696): one autocrat too many
- Peter I (1696-1725): the eccentricities of an emperor
- Catherine I (1725-1727): the peasant empress
- Anna (1730-1740): "a bored estate mistress"
- Elizabeth (1741-1762): the empress of pretense
- Peter III (1762): "nature made him a mere poltroon"
- Catherine II (1762-1796): "prey to this mad passion!"
- Paul (1796-1801): "he detests his nation"
- Alexander I (1801-1825): Napoleon's conqueror
- Nicholas I (1825-1855): "a condescending Jupiter"
- Alexander II (1855-1881): "a crowned semi-ruin"
- Alexander III (1881-1894): "a colossus of unwavering autocracy"
- Nicholas II (1894-1917): "an absolute child"
- Nicholas II (1894-1917): "gliding down a precipice"
- Nicholas II (1894-1917): a bloody end
- Concluding chapter: Aftermath
- Isbn
- 9780812985788
- Label
- Secret lives of the tsars : three centuries of autocracy, debauchery, betrayal, murder, and madness from Romanov Russia
- Title
- Secret lives of the tsars
- Title remainder
- three centuries of autocracy, debauchery, betrayal, murder, and madness from Romanov Russia
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Farquhar
- Subject
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- Biography
- Electronic books
- HISTORY / Europe / Eastern
- HISTORY / Europe / Former Soviet Republics
- HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
- History
- Kings and rulers
- Kings and rulers -- Social life and customs
- Romanov, House of
- 18th Century
- Royalty
- Russia
- Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union)
- Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
- Russia -- Kings and rulers | Social life and customs
- Romanov, House of -- History
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- -- Washington Post Scandal! Intrigue! Cossacks! Here the world's most engaging royal historian chronicles the world's most fascinating imperial dynasty: the Romanovs, whose three-hundred-year reign was remarkable for its shocking violence, spectacular excess, and unimaginable venality. In this incredibly entertaining history, Michael Farquhar collects the best, most captivating true tales of Romanov iniquity. We meet Catherine the Great, with her endless parade of virile young lovers (none of them of the equine variety); her unhinged son, Paul I, who ordered the bones of one of his mother's paramours dug out of its grave and tossed into a gorge; and Grigori Rasputin, the "Mad Monk, "whose mesmeric domination of the last of the Romanov tsars helped lead to the monarchy's undoing. From Peter the Great's penchant for personally beheading his recalcitrant subjects (he kept the severed head of one of his mistresses pickled in alcohol) to Nicholas and Alexandra's brutal demise at the hands of the Bolsheviks, -- Praise for -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- "A terrifically accessible history."--Kirkus Reviews From the Trade Paperback edition
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Farquhar, Michael
- Dewey number
- 947/.046
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DK37.8.R6
- LC item number
- F37 2014eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Romanov, House of
- Romanov, House of
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- HISTORY / Europe / Eastern
- HISTORY / Europe / Former Soviet Republics
- HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
- Royalty
- 18th Century
- Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union)
- Kings and rulers
- Kings and rulers
- Russia
- Russia
- Russia
- Label
- Secret lives of the tsars : three centuries of autocracy, debauchery, betrayal, murder, and madness from Romanov Russia, Michael Farquhar
- Note
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- This is an Overdrive title
- Includes index
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introductory chapter: The Time of Troubles and the rise of the Romanovs -- Ivan V and Peter I (1682-1696): one autocrat too many -- Peter I (1696-1725): the eccentricities of an emperor -- Catherine I (1725-1727): the peasant empress -- Anna (1730-1740): "a bored estate mistress" -- Elizabeth (1741-1762): the empress of pretense -- Peter III (1762): "nature made him a mere poltroon" -- Catherine II (1762-1796): "prey to this mad passion!" -- Paul (1796-1801): "he detests his nation" -- Alexander I (1801-1825): Napoleon's conqueror -- Nicholas I (1825-1855): "a condescending Jupiter" -- Alexander II (1855-1881): "a crowned semi-ruin" -- Alexander III (1881-1894): "a colossus of unwavering autocracy" -- Nicholas II (1894-1917): "an absolute child" -- Nicholas II (1894-1917): "gliding down a precipice" -- Nicholas II (1894-1917): a bloody end -- Concluding chapter: Aftermath
- Control code
- ocn882104835
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780812985788
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- (electronic bk.)
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- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 2D1A2E0F-F2EE-45A3-9D6B-A9D29D2E0DA5
- System control number
- (OCoLC)882104835
- Label
- Secret lives of the tsars : three centuries of autocracy, debauchery, betrayal, murder, and madness from Romanov Russia, Michael Farquhar
- Note
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- This is an Overdrive title
- Includes index
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introductory chapter: The Time of Troubles and the rise of the Romanovs -- Ivan V and Peter I (1682-1696): one autocrat too many -- Peter I (1696-1725): the eccentricities of an emperor -- Catherine I (1725-1727): the peasant empress -- Anna (1730-1740): "a bored estate mistress" -- Elizabeth (1741-1762): the empress of pretense -- Peter III (1762): "nature made him a mere poltroon" -- Catherine II (1762-1796): "prey to this mad passion!" -- Paul (1796-1801): "he detests his nation" -- Alexander I (1801-1825): Napoleon's conqueror -- Nicholas I (1825-1855): "a condescending Jupiter" -- Alexander II (1855-1881): "a crowned semi-ruin" -- Alexander III (1881-1894): "a colossus of unwavering autocracy" -- Nicholas II (1894-1917): "an absolute child" -- Nicholas II (1894-1917): "gliding down a precipice" -- Nicholas II (1894-1917): a bloody end -- Concluding chapter: Aftermath
- Control code
- ocn882104835
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780812985788
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 2D1A2E0F-F2EE-45A3-9D6B-A9D29D2E0DA5
- System control number
- (OCoLC)882104835
Subject
- Biography
- Electronic books
- HISTORY / Europe / Eastern
- HISTORY / Europe / Former Soviet Republics
- HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
- History
- Kings and rulers
- Kings and rulers -- Social life and customs
- Romanov, House of
- 18th Century
- Royalty
- Russia
- Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union)
- Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
- Russia -- Kings and rulers | Social life and customs
- Romanov, House of -- History
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
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