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The acclaimed account of the last eighteen months of Tsar Nicholas II's life and reign from one of our finest historians of Russia.
Brilliant, original and compelling
The best book yet on Nicholas after his abdication
A myth-busting account of the final months of the ruler’s life, from abdication to execution
Detailed and painstakingly researched
A clear-eyed portrait of Nicholas and his limitations . . . an essential corrective
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 and Comrades: A History of World Communism, as well as many other books on Russia's past and present. His book Trotsky: A Biography was awarded the 2009 Duff Cooper Prize. Married with four children, he lives in London.