The Complete Wartime Correspondence of Tsar Nicholas II and the Empress Alexandra - (Documentary Reference Collections) by Joseph Fuhrmann

About the Book

Nicholas and his German-born wife Alexandra generally used English in writing each other. This is the first complete edition of their letters and telegrams, plus English translations of the few telegrams in Russian. We see in these pages the enormous love the couple shared against the backdrop of a bloody war and the approaching end of the Russian empire. Alexandra offers extensive commentary on hospitals and the wounded (she was a volunteer nurse). Nicholas II reports on the military and the war effort. The growing influence of Rasputin is also thoroughly documented in these texts. The reader sees in detail the crises that led to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the collapse of the tsarist regime. Important for all students of late Imperial Russia and World War I, and essential for those interested in the Romanovs.

Book Synopsis

Nicholas and his German-born wife Alexandra generally used English in writing each other. This is the first complete edition of their letters and telegrams, plus English translations of the few telegrams in Russian. We see in these pages the enormous love the couple shared against the backdrop of a bloody war and the approaching end of the Russian empire. Alexandra offers extensive commentary on hospitals and the wounded (she was a volunteer nurse). Nicholas II reports on the military and the war effort. The growing influence of Rasputin is also thoroughly documented in these texts. The reader sees in detail the crises that led to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the collapse of the tsarist regime. Important for all students of late Imperial Russia and World War I, and essential for those interested in the Romanovs.

Review Quotes

"This edition is a grand achievement, and editor Joseph T. Fuhrmann should be congratulated....[T]his is the first time that an editor has tried to bring together in one volume the entire correspondence, letters and telegrams....Furhmann, has provided excellent annotations and footnotes."-Royal Book News

?[A]n outstanding text, and a fascinating and challenging read. You may disagree with Fuhrmann's interpretation of the period, but you cannot doubt his achievement. In future, any serious students of the period, the subject or the personalities involved will find this book essential reference.?-Royalty Digest

?This edition is a grand achievement, and editor Joseph T. Fuhrmann should be congratulated....[T]his is the first time that an editor has tried to bring together in one volume the entire correspondence, letters and telegrams....Furhmann, has provided excellent annotations and footnotes.?-Royal Book News

?This volume will be extraodinarily useful for those interested in 20th century Russia.?-Choice

"ÝA¨n outstanding text, and a fascinating and challenging read. You may disagree with Fuhrmann's interpretation of the period, but you cannot doubt his achievement. In future, any serious students of the period, the subject or the personalities involved will find this book essential reference."-Royalty Digest

"This volume will be extraodinarily useful for those interested in 20th century Russia."-Choice

"[A]n outstanding text, and a fascinating and challenging read. You may disagree with Fuhrmann's interpretation of the period, but you cannot doubt his achievement. In future, any serious students of the period, the subject or the personalities involved will find this book essential reference."-Royalty Digest

About the Author

JOSEPH T. FUHRMANN is Professor of History at Murray State University. Praeger published his fifth book, Rasputin, A Life, in 1990.