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| Title | : | The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia |
| Author | : | Candace Fleming |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | July 8th 2014 by Schwartz & Wade (first published 2014) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. History. Biography. Cultural. Russia. Historical |
Candace Fleming
Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 4.13 | 8577 Users | 1702 Reviews
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Here is the tumultuous, heartrending, true story of the Romanovs—at once an intimate portrait of Russia's last royal family and a gripping account of its undoing. Using captivating photos and compelling first person accounts, award-winning author Candace Fleming (Amelia Lost; The Lincolns) deftly maneuvers between the imperial family’s extravagant lives and the plight of Russia's poor masses, making this an utterly mesmerizing read as well as a perfect resource for meeting Common Core standards.
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| Original Title: | The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia |
| ISBN: | 0375867821 (ISBN13: 9780375867828) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction (2015), Sibert Medal Nominee (2015), Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature (2014), Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Young Adults (2016), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2016) NCTE Orbis Pictus Award (2015), Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction (2015), YALSA Award Nominee for Excellence in Nonfiction (2015) |
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Ratings: 4.13 From 8577 Users | 1702 ReviewsCriticism Containing Books The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
(Major understatement here....but) sheeeeesh that was rough.I never knew I could read about Russian history and politics and be so captivated. It was such a dismal time and there was so much suffering. My heart feels heavy after getting to know the Romanovs and then seeing their brutal demise. Excellent read.
Wow.This was just superb. I kept hearing buzz so I picked it up at the library to just look through it and check out the pictures (there are two sections of photographs) and ended up fully engrossed, reading it from cover to cover in a day. I knew the facts of the Russian Revolution, and that the tsar and his family were murdered and the bodies lost and Rasputin was real weird and so on and so forth, but this takes you beyond the facts. Fleming paints a fascinating picture of Russia at the
4.5I would definitely use this for a non-fiction unit. I'm having fun coming up with library or classroom ideas for this book.
This is a youth read giving much of the background reality to the state of Russia and its governance during the decades before the Fall of the Imperial structure and the family who reigned as Emperor/ Empress. This catches the quirky and superstitious mindset of the royalty. And frankly too of the Russian general culture. Religion and hierarchy and much else of educational structure seated in beliefs that magic and occult powers (pre-destination too) existed above almost all other realities.
Wow.This was just superb. I kept hearing buzz so I picked it up at the library to just look through it and check out the pictures (there are two sections of photographs) and ended up fully engrossed, reading it from cover to cover in a day. I knew the facts of the Russian Revolution, and that the tsar and his family were murdered and the bodies lost and Rasputin was real weird and so on and so forth, but this takes you beyond the facts. Fleming paints a fascinating picture of Russia at the
It makes me cringe to see "perfect resource for meeting Common Core Standards" on a trade book blurb. Savvy teachers and librarians can determine how to use quality books. Well-researched and artfully written. The best book I've read on the Romanovs for any age.
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