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The Decline of Imperial Russia

1855-1914

Hugh Seton-Watson

History

This book, originally published in 1952, describes and explains the stage of the decline of the Russian Empire

empire, revolution, russia, tsar

Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs

Colin Wilson

Biography

A non-fictional historical account of the life of Rasputin.

russia, tsar

The Penguin History of Modern Russia

From Tsarism to the Twenty-First Century

Robert Service

History

Russias recent past has encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror and two world wars, and the country is s

asia, perestroika, putin, russia, soviet, tsar

Ivan The Terrible

Robert Payne

Biography

Czar Ivan IV (1530-1584), the first Russian ruler to take the title czar, is known as one of the worst tyrants

history, russia, tsar

The Life and Times of Grigorii Rasputin

Alex De Jonge

Biography

Few historical figures have been as shrouded in myth and speculation as Grigorii Rasputin. At the height of his

history, rasputin, russia, tsar

Nicholas and Alexandra

Robert K Massie

Biography

In this commanding book, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extra

bestseller, film, rasputin, russia, tsar

Peter The First

Alexey Tolstoy

Contemporary Fiction

Here, for the first time, in its final form and in a new translation, is the epic Russian novel which has sold

russia, russian, socialrealism, soviet, tsar