The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia (Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (Awards))

â€œ[A] superb history.... In these thrilling, highly readable pages, we meet Rasputin, the shaggy, lecherous mystic...; we visit the gilded ballrooms of the doomed aristocracy; and we pause in the sickroom of little Alexei, the hemophiliac heir who, with his parents and four sisters, would be murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918.â€ â€”The Wall Street Journal
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Here is the tumultuous, heartrending, true story of the Romanovsâ€”at once an intimate portrait of Russia's last royal family and a gripping account of its undoing. Using captivating photos and compelling first person accounts, award-winning author Candace Fleming (Amelia Lost; The Lincolns) deftly maneuvers between the imperial familyâ€™s extravagant lives and the plight of Russia's poor masses, making this an utterly mesmerizing read as well as a perfect resource for meeting Common Core standards.

"An exhilarating narrative history of a doomed and clueless family and empire." â€”Jim Murphy, author of Newbery Honor Books An American Plague and The Great Fire

"For readers who regard history as dull, Flemingâ€™s extraordinary book is proof positive that, on the contrary, it is endlessly fascinating, absorbing as any novel, and the stuff of an altogether memorable reading experience." â€”Booklist, Starred

"Marrying the intimate family portrait of Heiligmanâ€™s Charles and Emma with the politics and intrigue of Sheinkinâ€™s Bomb, Fleming has outdone herself with this riveting work of narrative nonfiction that appeals to the imagination as much as the intellect." â€”The Horn Book, Starred

A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book

A YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction AwardÂ FinalistÂ

Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Schwartz & Wade
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-07-08
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Schwartz & Wade
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-07-08
Format	Kindle eBook

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia (Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (Awards))

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