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Alexander II

The Last Great Tsar

By Edvard Radzinsky, Antonina Bouis (Translator)

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| Paperback | 9780743284264

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Edvard Radzinsky is justly famous as both a biographer and a dramatist, and he brings both skills to bear in this vivid, page-turning, rich portrait of one of the greatest of all Romanovs. Alexander II was Russia's Lincoln -- he freed the serfs, promised a new, more liberal state for everyone, yet wContinue

Edvard Radzinsky is justly famous as both a biographer and a dramatist, and he brings both skills to bear in this vivid, page-turning, rich portrait of one of the greatest of all Romanovs. Alexander II was Russia's Lincoln -- he freed the serfs, promised a new, more liberal state for everyone, yet was brought down by a determined group of terrorist anarchists who tried to kill him six times before finally, fatefully, succeeding. His story proves the timeless lesson that in Russia, it is dangerous to start reforms, but even more dangerous to stop them. It also shows that the traps and dangers encountered in today's war on terrorists were there 150 years ago.

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  • Russia's Lincoln

    One dismal March day in 2003, I sat in a cafe on Nevsky Prospekt and casually wondered under which czar my Russian grandfather had been born. I was shocked by the answer - Alexander II, who had freed the serfs two years before Lincoln freed the slave ... (read full critics)

    nytimes published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

  • Alexander II

    Edvard Radzinsky has thrown another bone to Romanov obsessives and wide-eyed suckers for history-mystery. It's a prequel to the best selling author's panting biography of Tsar Nicholas II, subjecting Nicky's equally ill-fated grandfather Alexander II ... (read full critics)

    flakmag published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 480 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0743284267
  • ISBN-13: 9780743284264
  • Publisher: Free Press
  • Pub date: Nov 14, 2006
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover
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