The Family Romanov: Murder Rebellion and the Fall of Imperial Russia

&#147;[A] superb history.... In these thrilling highly readable pages we meet Rasputin the shaggy lecherous mystic...; we visit the gilded ballrooms of the doomed aristocracy; and we pause in the sickroom of little Alexei the hemophiliac heir who with his parents and four sisters would be murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918.&#148; &#151;<i>The Wall Street Journal</i><br> &#160;<br> Here is the tumultuous heartrending true story of the Romanovs&#151;at once an intimate portrait of Russia's last royal family and a gripping account of its undoing. Using captivating photos and compelling first person accounts award-winning author Candace Fleming (<i>Amelia Lost</i>;<i> The Lincolns</i>) deftly maneuvers between the imperial family&#146;s extravagant lives and the plight of Russia's poor masses making this an utterly mesmerizing read as well as a perfect resource for meeting Common Core standards.<br><br>An exhilarating narrative history of a doomed and clueless family and empire. &#151;Jim Murphy author of Newbery Honor Books <i>An American Plague</i> and <i>The Great Fire</i><br><br>For readers who regard history as dull Fleming&#146;s extraordinary book is proof positive that on the contrary it is endlessly fascinating absorbing as any novel and the stuff of an altogether memorable reading experience. &#151;<i>Booklist</i> Starred<br><br>Marrying the intimate family portrait of Heiligman&#146;s <i>Charles and Emma</i> with the politics and intrigue of Sheinkin&#146;s <i>Bomb</i> Fleming has outdone herself with this riveting work of narrative nonfiction that appeals to the imagination as much as the intellect. &#151;<i>The Horn Book</i> Starred<br><br>Winner of the&#160;<i>Los Angeles Times</i> Book Prize for Young Adult Literature<br>Winner of the <i>Boston Globe&#150;Horn Book </i>Award for Nonfiction<br>A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book<br>A YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award&#160;Finalist&#160;<br>Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction