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Summary: A wonderful compilation of photographs...
Review: ...with an excellent accompanying text. The photos a generally well-presented and wonderfully-selected. The book as a whole presents to the reader a family that is at once normal and extraordinary, silly and stately, casual and imperial, joyful and tragic. Great for the coffee table.
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Summary: wonderful pictorial journey
Review: A wonderful book with extraordinary photographs, for anyone who is a follower of anything concerning the Romanovs, this is a must have book. highly recommended
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Summary: A must for any Romanov book collection!!!
Review: Anastasia Author Peter Kurth has compiled one of the best books published on the last Russian imperial family. He summarized the life of Nicholas II and Alexandra of Russia and their children excellently. Stories from the old black and white pictures came alive with Peter Christopher's photographs on the relics of Imperial Russia. This book is already a classic
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Summary: Gorgeous!
Review: Even if this book would have been compiled with absolutely no text, I still would've bought it for the photos alone. The only way to describe it is an extremely rich and lush indulgance. One of life's few not-so-guilty pleasures.The comparison photos add a new touch to an 'old' story; it helps a person to put things into proper perspective. The pictures alone tell their own tale; the text gives us no new information and is often somewhat melodramatic. In short, it's really not needed- especially for someone who's well-versed in the tragic story of Tsar Nicholas II and his family. But oh! Those photos!
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Summary: Gorgeous!
Review: Even if this book would have been compiled with absolutely no text, I still would've bought it for the photos alone. The only way to describe it is an extremely rich and lush indulgance. One of life's few not-so-guilty pleasures. The comparison photos add a new touch to an 'old' story; it helps a person to put things into proper perspective. The pictures alone tell their own tale; the text gives us no new information and is often somewhat melodramatic. In short, it's really not needed- especially for someone who's well-versed in the tragic story of Tsar Nicholas II and his family. But oh! Those photos!
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Summary: A very AwesomeBook.
Review: I am a big admirer of Nicholas & alsohis four Beautiful Daughters. And The four Daughters would have been excellant wives to their would have beenfuture husbands if they stayed alive forat least another 50-60 years.
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Summary: Great pictures, questionable text
Review: I will say that that Kurth's book about the last imperial family is rather extrodinary and interesting. The photos that he included in the book were outstanding, they displayed a quite vivid insight into the tsar's family life and the world in which they lived. I finally sat down and read through the book one day and was quite disturbed by the way in which he displayed the family. He took away that feeling of innocence and love the family had. To rap it all up he included that fraud Anna Anderson in the final chapter of his book. She was not the grand duchesse and should not have been included. Overall the book was good and I would recommend it to anybody that wants not only to learn about the family but also the world in which they lived.
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Summary: Good, but!
Review: I've read about the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II, and his family for years, but I never felt like I really understood their lives and their lifestyle until I bought and read this book. The text is an interesting historical summation, but it doesn't reveal anything your average student of Russian history wouldn't already know. What is so special about this book is the pictures. Beautiful full-color photos of the magnificient palaces and locations frequented by the Russian royal family are displayed next to a comprehensive collection of historical photos from the era. In addition to the classic royal portraits you have probably seen, there are many candid photos of the family going about their daily life. Frequently, a historical picture is shown next to a gorgeous contemporary photograph of the same locale. For example, a black and white photograph of two of the Grand Duchess rowing past the "children's island" at Tsarkoe Selo is shown with a brilliantly colored picture of the same spot as it looks today. Thanks to these beautiful photographs, I have a whole new appreciation of the incredible luxury of the royal surroundings, and what a grand contrast it must have been to the lifestyle of the average Russian peasants.
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Summary: A fresh historical perspective.
Review: I've read about the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II, and his family for years, but I never felt like I really understood their lives and their lifestyle until I bought and read this book. The text is an interesting historical summation, but it doesn't reveal anything your average student of Russian history wouldn't already know. What is so special about this book is the pictures. Beautiful full-color photos of the magnificient palaces and locations frequented by the Russian royal family are displayed next to a comprehensive collection of historical photos from the era. In addition to the classic royal portraits you have probably seen, there are many candid photos of the family going about their daily life. Frequently, a historical picture is shown next to a gorgeous contemporary photograph of the same locale. For example, a black and white photograph of two of the Grand Duchess rowing past the "children's island" at Tsarkoe Selo is shown with a brilliantly colored picture of the same spot as it looks today. Thanks to these beautiful photographs, I have a whole new appreciation of the incredible luxury of the royal surroundings, and what a grand contrast it must have been to the lifestyle of the average Russian peasants.
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Summary: Good, but!
Review: I've read this book, and the writing is fine and the pictures are beautiful, BUT, the author spoils the end with his final chapter, reiterating his strongly held belief that Anna Anderson was the Grand Dutchess Anastasia, which to me is just a stupid belief. No one got out of that charnel house that was Ekaterinburg. This last chapter just has no place in this book (he's already written about a whole book about it, anyway) and it spoils the book for me. But this is purely a personal opinion and the rest of the book is very good; especially juxtaposing certain photographs of various palaces, etc. with their present-day appearance.
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