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Jamie H. Cockfield. White Crow: The Life and Times of the Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich Romanov, 1859-1919. Based on material from Russian archives, this is the first biography of Nicholas Mikhailovich Romanov (1859-1919), which provides insight into the last six decades of Tsarist Russia through the experiences of the "odd ball" member of the clan. His reformist views made him a pariah within his family. He received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Berlin and Moscow and even won election to the French Academy, one of only two Russians to do so. As the political situation in Russia worsened, he urged the tsar to implement reforms, and he even participated in discussions of a palace coup. Exiled to Vologda after the Communist seizure of power, he was later imprisoned by the police and shot in January 1919.
CT (Westport): Praeger Publishers Inc, 2002. 2nd printing. 328 pages. Hardcover, no dustjacket as issued. Used, text near fine. Former owner name elegantly written with a flourish on first page. Sticker glue remnant back cover (about 1½").
