The Last of the Tsars

Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution

By: Robert Service

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Paperback | 8 February 2018

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A riveting account of the last eighteen months of Tsar Nicholas II's life and reign from one of our finest historians of Russia.

In March 1917, Nicholas II, the last Tsar of All the Russias, abdicated and the dynasty that had ruled an empire for three hundred years was forced from power by revolution. Now, on the hundredth anniversary of that revolution, Robert Service, the eminent historian of Russia, examines Nicholas's reign in the year before his abdication and the months between that momentous date and his death, with his family, in Ekaterinburg in July 1918.

The story has been told many times, but Service's profound understanding of the period and his forensic examination of hitherto untapped sources, including the Tsar's diaries and recorded conversations, shed remarkable new light on his reign, also revealing the kind of ruler Nicholas believed himself to have been, contrary to the disastrous reality.

The Last of the Tsars is a masterful study of a man who was almost entirely out of his depth, perhaps even willfully so. It is also a compelling account of the social, economic and political foment in Russia in the aftermath of Alexander Kerensky's February Revolution, the Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917 and the beginnings of Lenin's Soviet republic.

About the Author

Robert Service is a Fellow of the British Academy and of St Antony's College, Oxford. He has written several books, including the highly acclaimed Lenin: A Biography, Russia: Experiment with a People, Stalin: A Biography andComrades: A History of World Communism, as well as many other books on Russia's past and present. His bookTrotsky: A Biography was awarded the 2009 Duff Cooper Prize. Married with four children, he lives in London.

Industry Reviews

A clear-eyed portrait of Nicholas and his limitations . . . an essential corrective * TLS * Detailed and painstakingly researched -- Peter Conradi * Sunday Times * A myth-busting account of the final months of the ruler's life, from abdication to execution * Guardian * The best book yet on Nicholas after his abdication -- Dominic Lieven * Financial Times * Brilliant, original and compelling -- Saul David * Evening Standard *

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