Description
Edvard Radzinsky is justly famous as both a biographer and a dramatist, and he brings both skills to bear in this vivid, page-turning, rich portrait of one of the greatest of all Romanovs. Alexander II was Russia's Lincoln -- he freed the serfs, promised a new, more liberal state for everyone, yet was brought down by a determined group of terrorist anarchists who tried to kill him six times before finally, fatefully, succeeding. His story proves the timeless lesson that in Russia, it is dangerous to start reforms, but even more dangerous to stop them. It also shows that the traps and dangers encountered in today's war on terrorists were there 150 years ago.
Author: Edvard Radzinsky
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 11/01/2006
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.36h x 5.54w x 1.15d
ISBN13: 9780743284264
ISBN10: 0743284267
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- History | Russia & the Former Soviet Union
- History | Eastern Europe | General
Author: Edvard Radzinsky
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 11/01/2006
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.36h x 5.54w x 1.15d
ISBN13: 9780743284264
ISBN10: 0743284267
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- History | Russia & the Former Soviet Union
- History | Eastern Europe | General
About the Author
Edvard Radzinsky is the author of the bestselling The Last Tsar, Stalin, and The Rasputin File. He is one of Russia's most celebrated playwrights. He lives in Moscow, where he is also an award-winning television personality