The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia Audiobook (Free)

“[A] superb history…. In these fascinating, highly readable webpages, we match Rasputin, the shaggy, lecherous mystic…; we visit the gilded ballrooms from the doomed aristocracy; and we pause in the sickroom of small Alexei, the hemophiliac heir who, along with his parents and four sisters, will be murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918.” -The Wall structure Street Journal

Here is the tumultuous, heartrending, accurate story from the Romanovs-at once a romantic family portrait of Russia’s last royal family and a about The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and nov Imperial Russia gripping account of its undoing. Using captivating photos and persuasive initial person accounts, award-winning author Candace Fleming (Amelia Shed; The Lincolns) deftly maneuvers between the imperial family’s extravagant lives as well as the plight of Russia’s poor masses, causeing this to be an absolutely mesmerizing read as well as a perfect resource for get together Common Core criteria.

‘An exhilarating narrative history of a doomed and clueless family and empire.’ -Jim Murphy, author of Newbery Honor Books An American Plague and The Great Open fire

‘For visitors who regard background as dull, Fleming’s extraordinary book is evidence positive that, on the contrary, it is endlessly exciting, absorbing as any novel, and the stuff of the altogether unforgettable reading encounter.’ -Booklist, Starred

‘Marrying the close face of Heiligman’s Charles and Emma using the politics and intrigue of Sheinkin’s Bomb, Fleming has outdone herself with this riveting function of narrative nonfiction that appeals to the imagination just as much as the intellect.’ -The Horn Reserve, Starred

Winner from the Los Angeles Moments Book Award for Teen Adult Literature

Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Publication Award for Nonfiction

A Robert F. Sibert Honor Reserve

A YALSA Brilliance in Nonfiction Award Finalist

Winner from the Orbis Pictus Honor for Outstanding Nonfiction