Nicholas II, the last tsar of all the Russians, remains a haunting and enigmatic figure, surrounded by myth and speculation. As a young man he dreamed of travel, of seeing the world, until forced by his father's death and a strong sense of duty into a role he did not want and for which he was ill-equipped. Dominated by his wife, Alexandra, herself greatly influenced by the monk Rasputin, his reign covers the period from the war with Japan, through World War I, until the 1917 Revolution and his forced abdication and subsequent death at the hands of the revolutionaries.
- ISBN10 0140134344
- ISBN13 9780140134346
- Publish Date 26 November 1992 (first published 14 October 1991)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 October 1996
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 320
- Language English