Portraits of members of the House of Romanov, written by the well-known feuilleton writer, publicist, and critic of the early 20th century Ilya Vasilevsky (Not by the Letter). Perhaps this is the most gripping biography of the Russian autocrats. Published in 1923, in those times when censorship was “resting,” the book brought the reader what people whispered about earlier—and then, after that, simply stopped talking about. A vivid, sometimes biting portrait of Russian monarchs against the backdrop of the country’s history.
This audiobook presents portraits of six monarchs—from the first Romanov on the throne, Mikhail Fedorovich, to the niece of Peter the Great, Anna Ioannovna.