Biographies and Memoirs

Education of a Princess. A Memoir by Marie, Grand Duchess of Russia

Education of a Princess. A Memoir by Marie, Grand Duchess of Russia.  NY: Viking Press, 1931. Translated From the French & Russian under the editorial supervision of Russell Lord. Hardcover, 1st edition, 7th printing. 388 pages. Decorative map...

The Three Empresses: Catherine I, Anne, and Elizabeth of Russia

Philip Longworth. The Three Empresses: Catherine I, Anne, and Elizabeth of Russia. An interesting, perhaps not pc, look at the three women who ruled Russia in the first half of the 18th century. From the back cover: "A sot, a sadist, and a nymphomaniac"...

The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II

Edvard Radzinsky. The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II.  Russian historian and author Radzinsky mines sources never before available to create a fascinating portrait of the last Tsar of Russia, and sets out a minute-by-minute...

Royal Russia: The Private Albums Of The Russian Imperial Family

James B. Lovell, Carol Townend. Royal Russia: The Private Albums Of The Russian Imperial Family. A unique compilation of 140 rare or previously unpublished photographs from the Romanovs' albums captures an intimate portrait of their private and public...

A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra [UK edition]

Andrei Maylunas and Sergei Mironenko, editors. A Lifelong Passion: Nicolas and Alexandra, Their Own Story. Translated from original documents by Darya Galy. British edition. A Lifelong Passion begins in 1884 with the couple's first childhood meeting...

Pushkin: Man and His Age (biography)

Pushkin: The Man and His Age. Robin Edmonds. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1995. 1st edition. 303 pages. Index, chronology, bibliography, chapter notes. 1 copy only. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's (1799-1837) short and dramatic life is at odds with his...

Nicholas II: The Last Tsar [Photobiography]

Marvin Lyons. Edited by Andrew Wheatcroft. Nicholas II: The Last Tsar. This was one of the first, and is still one of the best, photobiographies on the remarkable life of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, spanning the years 1870 to 1918. The London...

Peter the Great: His Life and World [Massie]

Peter the Great: His Life and World. Robert K. Massie. NY: Knopf, 1980. 1st edition. 909 pages. Illustrated with 24 pages of photos, including 8 in color and 13 maps, as well as map endpapers. Hardcover with very good unclipped dustjacket in a clear...

The Romanovs: 1613-1918

The Romanovs: 1613-1918. Well-received and well-reviewed mammoth overview of three centuries of the Romanovs by Cambridge-educated historian S. Montefiore, who combines rigorous intellectual scholarship with the storyteller talents of a novelist, which...

Alexander Dolgun's story: An American in the Gulag

Alexander Dolgun's story: An American in the Gulag. NY: Knopf, 1975. Stated 1st edition. 370 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket (not price-clipped) in a protective Mylar jacket cover. About fine condition. 1 copy only. In 1948, Alexander Dolgun...

Man Who Killed Rasputin

Greg King. The Man Who Killed Rasputin: Prince Youssoupov and the Murder That Helped Bring Down the Russian Empire. Felix Youssoupov (aka Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov) was rich, second in wealth only to the Romanovs. In 1916. his family owned four...

Russian Blood [Memoir]

Russian Blood. In the early 1980s, Alex Shoumatoff became curious about the history of his family. At that time, both his grandmothers were in their 90s. With a heightened sense of urgency, Shoumatoff collected their stories and reminiscences  as...

White Road: A Russian Odyssey, 1919-1923

White Road: A Russian Odyssey, 1919-1923. Olga Illyn. A gripping and enthralling memoir of the onset of the Russian Revolution and the path of defeat for the White Army. Illyn was a young bride and her husband, a White Army officer, and as members of the...