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Cargando... Secret Lives of the Tsars: Three Centuries of Autocracy, Debauchery, Betrayal, Murder, and Madness from Romanov Russiapor Michael Farquhar
   Ninguno Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.  MiaCulpa | May 20, 2024 |   I knew little or nothing about most of the Russian Tsars, very interesting stuff in this book! (  ) Iambookish | Dec 14, 2016 | ) ShelleyAlberta | Jun 4, 2016 | I give this book a Five out of Five stars. (  ) lrainey | May 10, 2016 | A really interesting fun read, if you're not to squeamish. Not like the author gets graphic with his descriptions, but those guys were no shrinking violets. If you have a vivid imagination, you will cringe like I did, while reading. The tone of the book is factual and more like story telling, without sensationalizing or going for shock value. I recommend this book. ( ) katsmiao | Oct 23, 2015 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Biography & Autobiography.
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"An accessible, exciting narrative . . . Highly recommended for generalists interested in Russian history and those who enjoy the seamier side of past lives.".
"An excellent condensed version of Russian history . . . a fine tale of history and scandal . . . sure to please general readers and monarchy buffs alike.".
"Tales from the nasty lives of global royalty . . . an easy-reading, lightweight history lesson.".
"Readers of this book may get a sense of why Russians are so tolerant of tyrants like Stalin and Putin. Given their history, it probably seems normal.".
"Michael Farquhar doesn't write about history the way, say, Doris Kearns Goodwin does. He writes about history the way Doris Kearns Goodwin's smart-ass, reprobate kid brother might. I, for one, prefer it.".
HTML:"Michael Farquhar doesn't write about history the way, say, Doris Kearns Goodwin does. He writes about history the way Doris Kearns Goodwin's smart-ass, reprobate kid brother might. I, for one, prefer it."--Gene Weingarten, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and Washington Post columnist 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, Secret Lives of the Tsars captures all the splendor and infamy that was Imperial Russia. Praise for Secret Lives of the Tsars "An accessible, exciting narrative . . . Highly recommended for generalists interested in Russian history and those who enjoy the seamier side of past lives."--Library Journal (starred review) "An excellent condensed version of Russian history . . . a fine tale of history and scandal . . . sure to please general readers and monarchy buffs alike."--Publishers Weekly "Tales from the nasty lives of global royalty . . . an easy-reading, lightweight history lesson."--Kirkus Reviews "Readers of this book may get a sense of why Russians are so tolerant of tyrants like Stalin and Putin. Given their history, it probably seems normal."--The Washington Post From the Trade Paperback edition.. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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In other reviews here, people far more intelligent than me have noted that Secret lives of the Tsars is not a highbrow history, rather a Cliff's Notes highlights of three centuries of what happens if you give the lowest grade retarded stutterers absolute power and wealth. If you are like me, however and are here for the "oooh Matron!" and the bloodletting, then this is an excellent introduction to Russian history, marred only by the lack of index and the sometimes confusing Romanov family tree. (