The Last of the Tsars
Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution
(Author) Robert ServiceIn March 1917, Nicholas II, the last Tsar of All the Russias, abdicated and the dynasty that had ruled an empire for three hundred years was forced from power by revolution. In this masterful and forensic study, Robert Service examines the last year Nicholas's reign and the months between that momentous abdication and his death, with his family, in Ekaterinburg in July 1918. Drawing on the Tsar's own diaries and other hitherto unexamined contemporary records, The Last of the Tsars reveals a man who was almost entirely out of his depth, perhaps even willfully so. It is also a compelling account of the social, economic and political foment in Russia in the aftermath of Alexander Kerensky's February Revolution, the Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917 and the beginnings of Lenin's Soviet Republic.
Robert Service
Robert Service (1874-1958) was a British-Canadian poet known for his narrative poems about the Yukon and Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush. His most notable works include "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee," which are characterized by their vivid storytelling and simple, rhyming verse. Service's poems were immensely popular during his lifetime and helped to popularize poetry in a more accessible and entertaining form. He is considered a pioneer of the ballad form in modern poetry and his works continue to be celebrated for their evocative imagery and memorable characters. His impact on the literary genre of narrative poetry remains significant, and he is best remembered for capturing the spirit of the North in his iconic poem "The Spell of the Yukon."
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