Beschreibung
The Romanovs were one of the most successful dynasties of modern times. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all? This gripping chronicle reveals their secret world of unlimited power, overshadowed by palace conspiracy, family rivalries, wild extravagance, and peopled by a cast of adventurers, courtesans, revolutionaries and poets. The intimate story of Russia's imperial dynasty