The Romanov Empress

Name: The Romanov Empress
Rating: 4.5 (1838 reviews)

by C. W. Gortner

First published 2018

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Princess Dagmar of Denmark travels to Russia, converts to Orthodoxy and becomes Maria Feodorovna, wife of the future Alexander III. The assassination of Alexander II hardens the new tsar’s commitment to autocracy, while Maria builds a family and public role within the imperial court. After her husband’s death, she watches her son Nicholas II struggle with reform, war and revolutionary opposition. Her conflict with Empress Alexandra and alarm at Rasputin deepen as World War I brings military and domestic collapse. The novel carries Maria from court splendour to exile, using the dowager empress’s viewpoint to trace the final decades of Romanov rule.

Historical Periods

Russian Revolution1917 CE Late Imperial Russia under Alexander III and Nicholas II1881–1917 CE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Dynastic & Royal Fiction Historical Sagas

Historical people

Nicholas II of Russia1868–1918 Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)1872–1918 Grigori Rasputin1869–1916 Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)1847–1928 Alexander III of Russia1845–1894