**Alexander II was Russia's Lincoln,** and the greatest reformer tsar since Peter the Great. He was also one of the most contradictory, and fascinating, of history's supreme leaders. He freed the serfs, yet launched vicious wars. He engaged in the sexual exploits of a royal Don Juan, yet fell profou
Alexander II The Last Great Tsar
β Scribed by Radzinsky, Edvard
- Book ID
- 107239833
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 7 MB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Russian playwright and historian Radzinsky mines sources never before available to create a fascinating portrait of the monarch, and a minute-by-minute account of his terrifying last days. Updated For The Paperback Edition.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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