The Last Diary of Tsaritsa Alexandra (Annals of Communism Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (980 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300072120 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 285 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Save for the introduction, this book is not necessary for most library collections. . Very little of substance is added to the discussion of Alexandra by this cryptic diary, which takes on significance not so much for what it says but for the organizational patterns and styles that it assumes as the events of the final months of 1918 ebb and flow. Willems, Southeast Kansas Lib. From Library Journal For the first time since the Romanov papers were carried off from the execution site at Ekaterinburg, most of the handwritten diaries of Tsaritsa Alexandra have been released to Russian scholars. Recommended for academic libraries with Russian Revolution collections.?Harry V. Sys., IolaCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. In his lengthy introducti
Final Record Invaluable to Romanov Enthusiasts A Customer It is ironic that, being the most private of persons, many of the last Tsarinia's most intimate thoughts are now available in several books, including this recently declassified diary of her final days. However, readers who search out this book are probably sympathetic, and will find her daily entries of interest and sometimes moving. Alexandra wasn't writing a best-selling novel -- simply a daily account of the tedium of their imprisonment, and how she, her family, and attendants passed the time -- but for those interested in Alix, her husband, and children, this book is a valuable link to their final days. The introduction, essay by Jonat. "what i think" according to A Customer. Alix's diary is a most important document,it reveals her , but in a very different way to sayhow her letters do.in her diary, it is of chief importanceto note the things she leaves out, and how laconic thetext itself is.this tells as much about her at the timethan had she written pages about her feelings and experiences.This is an extremely important book, the last page isagonising - the "ex-Tsarina" has written in a fine and clearhand "July 17th" - but the page is blank. We have to readwhat Alexandra didnt write - between the lines.her lastdiary reveals her final states of mind, her humaness, her fear,in those last terrible words, in the e. A Customer said Fascinating but only for the true fanatic. As many reviewers have said, the very monotony of Aleksandra's last diary gives it an eerie significance. However, beyond that, there is little to recommend it. Entries, spaced one to a page, mostly consist of a single brief paragraph, and the content is boring-- notes on the weather, her health, the health of her children. "Sat for 10. m[inutes] on the balkony [sic]." It is a very short book, and a very quick read. Only for the true Romanov fanatic (of which I am one), I'm afraid. Aleksandra's letters and the letters & diaries of the others who shared her captivity are far more interesting.
As the granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Alexandra wrote in English, though her native language was German and she became fluent in Russian after her marriage to Nicholas. We see in detail the daily confrontation between this system of belief and the reality of the modern world that had, in every sense, broken free of her and Nicholas's control. The Tsaritsa's diary is accompanied by an introduction by Robert Massie. The diary reveals that even in her most intimate reflections, she remained the representative of a great system of belief that had prevailed for hundreds of years in Russia and that she and Nicholas hoped to perpetuate. The 1918 diary takes us into her private world, revealing the care she lavished on her children during this period of revolutionary turmoil, how she felt towards her husband, Tsar Nicholas, and what she imagined about the profound struggle - between past and present, old and new worlds, the sacred and the profane - then occurring over the destiny of Russia. A biographical portrait of Alexandra, the introduction places her in the historical context of the revolution, her marriage to Nicholas, and the events that encompassed her, her family, and her nation.. The story of the demise of the Romanov dynasty has been recounted many times. This book - the recently declassified 1918 diary of Alexandra - aims to provide something no other account could do: a glim