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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Wow. This was a fascinating, very readable nonfiction book about Russia‘s last tsar and his family. I knew very little about the years surrounding the Russian Revolution prior to reading this book, so I really learned a lot. All the names are here - Nicholas, Alexandra, Rasputin, Lenin, “The Bolsheviks”, “The Soviets” and more. Now I have a basic understanding of the stories behind those names. ⬇️

My #bookedintime for the Russian revolution tells us little of the revolution but a good deal on the minutiae of the last days & weeks of the Romanov‘s. Clearly a passion project of research this is only a soft pick for me. the research sang louder than plot or character - this may be because the set up of the novel is a man in his 90s recording his memories of something that happened in his teens but the story loosing something in his voice

#BookedInTime: Russian Revolution
February 2024
@cuilin @dabbe

This was a low pick, mainly due to the fictional parts of this book. The mystery and twist at the end didn't work for me at all, since I already knew the ending. I would recommend reading a nonfiction account instead.

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3. The tagged. So intriguing! So good!

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

I listened to the audio and missed much of it. It just didn‘t hold my interest most of the time. I did appreciate two different people doing each character. I also liked the person narrating Pavel has a Russian accent. I don‘t think I knew anything about Ella before. I did find it interesting that she later created a nunnery. I shouldn‘t have been surprised at the end, but I was

“... the wealthiest monarch in the world, who rules over 130 million people and one-sixth of the earth's land surface, yet turned a blind eye to the abject poverty of his subjects.“

Older students would really enjoy reading this for a history project. The use of illustrations keeps engagement along with first-hand accounts making it an interesting read.

This historical nonfiction book focuses on the Ramanov Family of Russia how their family dynamics were and the various historical events they were a part of. It uses illustrations, and first-person accounts that help carry the story along. This is definitely a middle school/high school level read as it is very long and some of the topics can be more mature.