Last Tsar

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This is a major pictorial work about the Romanov dynasty, the supreme rulers of Russia for over 300 years, with special emphasis on the life of Nicholas II, the last Tasar. Moreover it is an unsurpassed photographic record of the lives of the Russian Royal Family. The great majority of the photographs used in this book have never been seen even by researchers from the West, having remained hidden in archives for 70 years, since the Russian revolution. The many contemporary photographs depict Russian royalty in ceremonial dress ant at leisure in informal surroundings. There are also such unique items as a picture of Rasputin, the "mad monk" and confident of the Tsarina Alexandra, surrounded by female admirers,