{"product_id":"thelast-of-the-tsars","title":"The Last Of The Tsars","description":"Brilliant, Original And Compellingthe Best Book Yet On Nicholas After His Abdicationa Myth-Busting Account Of The Final Months Of The Ruler’S Life, From Abdication To Executiondetailed And Painstakingly Researcheda Clear-Eyed Portrait Of Nicholas And His Limitations . . . An Essential Correctivethe Acclaimed Account Of The Last Eighteen Months Of Tsar Nicholas Ii's Life And Reign From One Of Our Finest Historians Of Russia.\u003cp\u003e‘A Timely And Important Book . . . He Brings To It Rare Clarity And Common Sense. His Book Is A Fast-Paced Account Of The Last Sixteen Months Of The Tsar’S Life; Brief, Sharp, But Laced With Well-Judged Feeling For The Dramas Of The Time.’ Catherine Merridale, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn March 1917, Nicholas Ii, The Last Tsar Of All The Russias, Abdicated And The Dynasty That Had Ruled An Empire For Three Hundred Years Was Forced From Power By Revolution.  In This Masterful And Forensic Study, Robert Service Examines The Last Year Nicholas's Reign And The Months Between That Momentous Abdication And His Death, With His Family, In Ekaterinburg In July 1918.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing On The Tsar's Own Diaries And Other Hitherto Unexamined Contemporary Records, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Of The Tsars\u003c\/i\u003e Reveals A Man Who Was Almost Entirely Out Of His Depth, Perhaps Even Willfully So. It Is Also A Compelling Account Of The Social, Economic And Political Foment In Russia In The Aftermath Of Alexander Kerensky's February Revolution, The Bolshevik Seizure Of Power In October 1917 And The Beginnings Of Lenin's Soviet Republic.\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Service Is A Fellow Of The British Academy And Of St Antony's College, Oxford. He Has Written Several Books, Including The Highly Acclaimed \u003ci\u003eLenin: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRussia: Experiment With A People\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStalin: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e And \u003ci\u003eComrades: A History Of World Communism\u003c\/i\u003e, As Well As Many Other Books On Russia's Past And Present. His Book \u003ci\u003eTrotsky: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e Was Awarded The 2009 Duff Cooper Prize. Married With Four Children, He Lives In London.","brand":"Crossword.in","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46738310037721,"sku":"BK0515817","price":855.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/3066\/9017\/files\/getimage_6a72c6ef-f98c-49c7-923f-a0d57896caa0.jpg?v=1751184636","url":"https:\/\/www.crossword.in\/products\/thelast-of-the-tsars","provider":"Crossword.in ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}