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Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley
露西·沃斯利（Lucy Worsley）前往俄罗斯，讲述统治该国三个多世纪的王朝的非凡故事。这是一个史诗般的故事，包括彼得大帝和凯瑟琳大帝等巨人，1812年与拿破仑的毁灭性斗争，以及1918年尼古拉二世及其家人令人震惊的谋杀案，使王朝残酷结束。 罗曼诺夫家族是自中世纪以来最强大的欧洲君主，在20世纪拥有无与伦比的权威。露西将看到他们如何以惊人的规模拥抱和赞助艺术，委托艺术品并建造今天仍然令人眼花缭乱的壮观宫殿。然而，许多普通俄罗斯人比奴隶好不到哪里去，罗曼诺夫家族未能解决他们的状况最终会导致革命。 在这个由三部分组成的新系列中，露西将把她特有的洞察力、对细节的关注和机智运用到罗曼诺夫王朝。她对皇室传统和文化的理解，以及她将历史人物生动地带入生活的天赋，将为这个独特的王室创造一个新鲜而引人注目的描述。
Lucy investigates the beginning of the Romanovs' 300-year reign in Russia. In 1613, when Russia was leaderless, 16-year-old Mikhail Romanov was plucked from obscurity and offered the crown of Russia. Mikhail was granted absolute power and began the reign of the Romanovs as the most influential dynasty in modern European history.
Lucy examines the extraordinary reign of Catherine the Great, and the traumatic conflict with Napoleonic France that provides the setting for the novel War and Peace.
Lucy Worsley concludes her history of the Romanov dynasty, investigating how the family's grip on Russia unraveled in their final century. She shows how the years 1825-1918 were bloody and traumatic, a period when four tsars tried - and failed - to deal with the growing pressure for constitutional reform and revolution.
