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| Final Rating: 5/5 |
A triumphant passionate narrative...
Nicholas and Alexandra is a triumphant passionate work that was a well-worth “waiting for just the right minute to sit down with” experience. Told in an exquisitely rich narrative fashion this dual biography had me from the first panoramic descriptions of late 19th-century Imperial Russia and continued to utterly captivate my imagination, dominate outside conversations when others asked “what are you reading?” and fulfilled my every interest in learning about what has become for me since childhood- completely irresistible historic topics. In these 673 pages, I was presented and followed the real back story of the humble family dynamics that has turned into romantic legend and enduring mystery. Familiar and obscure personalities were explained and shared with vast quotes and snippets of intimate letters that helped create final impressions of lost lives. Along in this manner, the author examined and illustrated individual struggles, character weaknesses and disastrous mistakes in a very specific tone that really guided me to rethink and question the reasons for key decisions and the later consequences of delayed or overzealous reactions from ruling or powerful influences. The central argument of the definitive tragic role Hemophilia served in the fall of the Romanov dynasty was also well put in certain sections and I think ended this dual biography and humanizing portrait in the perfect thought-provoking fashion.
In the end, I’m glad I finally sat down with this monumental narrative. I can easily see how this brilliant work has rightly earned its worth of supreme acclaim and heavy weight of recommendations which I proudly add another enthusiast approval note to. Few nonfiction titles can truly educate and sweep me into bygone times while closely examining such celebrated lives and Nicholas and Alexandra had me until the final poignant page. Highly Recommend.
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