![]() ![]() Most of them were new to me, and I am someone with more than a passing familiarity with a lot of these people. There are hundreds of them lavishly scattered throughout the book. The epilogue gives ultimate fates for them, including a moving description of the imprisonment and execution of four Grand Dukes in 1919. The various clans are carefully delineated, with brief sketches of each member. King and Wilson have written specifically about the Konstantinovichii, but this broader overview of the various branches of the Romanovs at the time of the Revolution was needed. The text is lucid, and will give the reader a good grasp of the intra-dynasty relationships during Nicholas II's reign. A spectacular entry into the Romanov ouevre. ![]()
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