The Tragic Empress: The Authorized Biography of Alexandra

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The Tragic Empress: The Authorized Biography of Alexandra Romanov

Empress Alexandra Romanov â€“ the last empress of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicholas II, and now a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church â€“ chose Countess Sophie Buxhoeveden, one of her ladies-in-waiting, to be her authorized biographer, opening up to her about her closest relationships and giving her access to copies of her private correspondence.

Additionally, as a lady-in-waiting, Countess Buxhoeveden attended on the Empress for much of the reign of Tsar Nicholas II, only leaving her side when the Imperial Family was removed to Tobolsk after the Tsarâ€™s abdication in 1917. Thereafter, she followed the Empress to Tobolsk, and then to Ekaterinburg, where the entire Imperial Family, some of the Court suite and some of their servants met their deaths on July 17, 1918.

The portrait the Countess paints of the Empress is of a warm, shy, kind and generous woman, devoted to Russia, her husband and her children, deeply charitable in word and deed, and a committed friend and mistress, but ill-starred, physically sick, maligned, misunderstood and much plotted against.

The character descriptions in this book also include those for Tsar Nicholas, each of the children â€“ OTMA and the Tsarevitch â€“ Grand Duchess Ella (the Empressâ€™ sister), Ania Vyrubova (the Empressâ€™ most intimate friend), Rasputin and Kerensky (the Head of the Provisional Government that took power after the abdication of the Tsar and before the ascendancy of the Bolsheviks). The narrative also describes in detail the daily domestic life of the Imperial Family, and each of their trips to other parts of Russia and abroad in peace and war.

It is rare for the author of any authorized biography to know her subject so familiarly and for so long, and to have been a first-hand witness to almost everything that happened for much of her life, and it is this that makes â€˜The Tragic Empressâ€™ such an intriguing and compelling book.

Country	USA
Author	Sophie Buxhoeveden
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781542570473
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Winter Palace Books
Manufacturer	Winter Palace Books
NumberOfPages	351
PublicationDate	2017-01-14
Publisher	Winter Palace Books
ReleaseDate	2017-01-14
Studio	Winter Palace Books

The Tragic Empress: The Authorized Biography of Alexandra Romanov

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