The story of the Russian Revolution as it unfolded. Describes both the luxurious lives of the Romanovs and the plight of Russia's peasants and their eventual uprising.
Reprints the 1918 diary of Tsaritsa Alexandra, providing insight into her thoughts about her children, her husband Tsar Nicholas, and the revolution sweeping Russia; covering a period that ranges from January 1 until the night of her death in July.
Biography of Siberian-born mystic Grigori Rasputin, discussing his religious visions and conversion, disagreements with the Russian Orthodox church, relationships and influence upon the Romanovs, and murder at the hands of a nobleman.
A biography of the last Tsar of Russia and his family with a reconstruction of what happened during their imprisonment and murder by the Communists in 1918.
History of the Russian Empire leading up to the Communist revolution depicting the forces which made the Czar's rule crumble and argues that the revolution and its aftermath was a tragic failure for the people it was supposed to benefit.
Maria, the young, spirited daughter of Rasputin, spends her father's final days trying to unlock the mystery of her father's involvement in the disappearance of the Russian Royal Family.