<p>In this commanding book, Robert K. Massie, prize-winning author of <i>Catherine the Great,</i> sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of Imperial Russia to tell the story of the Romanovs’ lives: Nicholas’s political naïveté, Alexandra’s obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis’s brave struggle with hemophilia. Against a lavish backdrop of luxury and intrigue, Massie unfolds a powerful drama of passion and history—the story of a doomed empire and the death-marked royals who watched it crumble.<br> <br> <b>The Modern Library of the World’s Best Books</b><br> <b> </b><br> <b>These Robert K. Massie books are available in Modern Library editions</b><br> <b> </b><br> <b>Nicholas and Alexandra</b><br> <b> </b><br> “A magnificent and intimate picture . . . Not only the main characters but a whole era become alive and comprehensible.”—<i>Harper’s</i><br> <b> </b><br> <b>Peter the Great</b><br> <b>Winner of the Pulitzer Prize</b><br> <b> </b><br> “Enthralling . . . as fascinating as any novel and more so than most.”—<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br> <b><i> </i></b><br> <b>The Romanovs</b><br> <b> </b><br> “Riveting . . . unfolds like a detective story.”<i>—Los Angeles Times Book Review</i></p>