A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story

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A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story. Andrei Maytunas and Sergei Mironenko. A Lifelong Passion begins in 1884 with the couple's first childhood meeting and chronicles their intense courtship and first joyful years of marriage. Further, the tumultuous and momentous times and events in the lives of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra are brought to life through the dignity of their own words. Included are Russia's participation in World War I and the fall of the Romanov dynasty in the Bolshevik revolution. Among the correspondents are Alexandra's grandmother, Queen Victoria of England, and Nicholas' cousin, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany. The authors, one a historian, the other the Director of the Russian State Archives, draw heavily on the private correspondence of the Tsar and Tsarina to create an intimate account of their lives. Index, sources and historical afterward. First hardcover edition. NY: Doubleday, 1997. 667 pages. Illustrated.