"God… save and calm Russia." These words were written in his diary during the days of the first Russian revolution by the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II. As if foreseeing the coming blood that would sweep over Russia.
Nicholas is the monarch whom the revolution called "bloody."
Nicholas is the man whom fate forced to become tsar…
This book is about his life and death. Until very recently, the final pages of the history of the Romanov Family and its downfall remained a mystery. Using unique archival documents and eyewitness accounts, Эдвард Радзинский reconstructs the tragedy of the Tsar’s Family almost day by day (and the night of the murder—minute by minute).