The Complete Wartime Correspondence of Tsar Nicholas II and the Empress Alexandra: April 1914-March 1917

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Nicholas and his German-born wife Alexandra generally used English in writing to each other. This edition of their letters and telegrams, plus English translations of the few telegrams in Russian. The enormous love the couple shared against the backdrop of a bloody war and the approaching end of the Russian empire is clear. Alexandra offers extensive commentary on hospitals and the wounded (she was a volunteer nurse). Nicholas II reports on the military and the war effort. The growing influence of Rasputin is also thoroughly documented in these texts. The reader sees in detail the crises that led to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the collapse of the tsarist regime. This book should be of interest to all students of late Imperial Russia and World War I and those interested in the Romanovs.

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"This edition is a grand achievement, and editor Joseph T. Fuhrmann should be congratulated....[T]his is the first time that an editor has tried to bring together in one volume the entire correspondence, letters and telegrams....Furhmann, has provided excellent annotations and footnotes."-Royal Book News
[A]n outstanding text, and a fascinating and challenging read. You may disagree with Fuhrmann's interpretation of the period, but you cannot doubt his achievement. In future, any serious students of the period, the subject or the personalities involved will find this book essential reference.-Royalty Digest
This edition is a grand achievement, and editor Joseph T. Fuhrmann should be congratulated....[T]his is the first time that an editor has tried to bring together in one volume the entire correspondence, letters and telegrams....Furhmann, has provided excellent annotations and footnotes.-Royal Book News
This volume will be extraodinarily useful for those interested in 20th century Russia.-Choice
"An outstanding text, and a fascinating and challenging read. You may disagree with Fuhrmann's interpretation of the period, but you cannot doubt his achievement. In future, any serious students of the period, the subject or the personalities involved will find this book essential reference."-Royalty Digest
"This volume will be extraodinarily useful for those interested in 20th century Russia."-Choice
"[A]n outstanding text, and a fascinating and challenging read. You may disagree with Fuhrmann's interpretation of the period, but you cannot doubt his achievement. In future, any serious students of the period, the subject or the personalities involved will find this book essential reference."-Royalty Digest

Author Bio

JOSEPH T. FUHRMANN is Professor of History at Murray State University. Praeger published his fifth book, Rasputin, A Life, in 1990.