Advantages: Brings the main personalities to life well Disadvantages: Possibly more for the specialist than the casual reader
...The bare facts of Nicholas and Alexandra’s sorry saga are familiar enough. They had four healthy daughters, their longed-for son and heir Alexis was haemophilic, bruised easily, and lived in perpetual danger of a fatal haemorrhage. Rasputin, ‘the mad monk ...
Advantages: Totally factual Disadvantages: You already know the ending
No matter what history tells us about revolutions and civil unrest, it rarely gets to be so graphically and heartbreakingly portrayed.
Through the private diaries and letters of the Romanov family, colleagues and friends you begin to walk hand in hand ...
Advantages: Informative,well laid out,a new angle on well-known events Disadvantages: A huge book - takes a while to get through it.
The events of the Russian Revolution are well documented.We know about the fall of the Tsarist regime and the rise of Communism.And we know what happened to the last Tsar,Nicholas II,and his family at the hands of the Bolsheviks.
This impressive book put ...
Advantages: Beautiful pictures, well presented, good price Disadvantages: Could have done with more information
...I first became a fan of Marilyn Monroe some twenty years ago. I built up an impressive collection of books, postcards and other memorabilia, but in the 1990s, I had my children and Marilyn became less important in my life. I sold some of my collection, l ...
Advantages: Easy to Read, gentle storytelling Disadvantages: Chapter topics chop and change a bit
This book is the sequel to Driving over Lemons, which I have not read but do not feel that this matters. Chris's laid-back and self-depreciating writing style is very easy to read and absorb. Chris and his wife and daughter live in the Alpujarras in Sou ...
