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Candace Fleming and
Kimberly Farr (narrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Listening Library
Publication date
July 8, 2014
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Unabridged
Book category
Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780553395280
ISBN-10
0553395289
Dimensions
1.25 by 5 by 6 in.
Weight
0.55 lbs.
Original list price
$50.00
Other format details
audio
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: â[A] superb history.... In these thrilling, highly readable pages, we meet Rasputin, the shaggy, lecherous mystic...; we visit the gilded ballrooms of the doomed aristocracy; and we pause in the sickroom of little Alexei, the hemophiliac heir who, with his parents and four sisters, would be murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918.â âThe Wall Street Journal
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Here is the tumultuous, heartrending, true story of the Romanovsâat once an intimate portrait of Russia's last royal family and a gripping account of its undoing. Using captivating photos and compelling first person accounts, award-winning author Candace Fleming (Amelia Lost; The Lincolns) deftly maneuvers between the imperial familyâs extravagant lives and the plight of Russia's poor masses, making this an utterly mesmerizing read as well as a perfect resource for meeting Common Core standards.
"An exhilarating narrative history of a doomed and clueless family and empire." âJim Murphy, author of Newbery Honor Books An American Plague and The Great Fire
"For readers who regard history as dull, Flemingâs extraordinary book is proof positive that, on the contrary, it is endlessly fascinating, absorbing as any novel, and the stuff of an altogether memorable reading experience." âBooklist, Starred
"Marrying the intimate family portrait of Heiligmanâs Charles and Emma with the politics and intrigue of Sheinkinâs Bomb, Fleming has outdone herself with this riveting work of narrative nonfiction that appeals to the imagination as much as the intellect." âThe Horn Book, Starred
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature
Winner of the Boston GlobeâHorn Book Award for Nonfiction
A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
A YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award FinalistÂ
Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction
From the Hardcover edition.
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Here is the tumultuous, heartrending, true story of the Romanovsâat once an intimate portrait of Russia's last royal family and a gripping account of its undoing. Using captivating photos and compelling first person accounts, award-winning author Candace Fleming (Amelia Lost; The Lincolns) deftly maneuvers between the imperial familyâs extravagant lives and the plight of Russia's poor masses, making this an utterly mesmerizing read as well as a perfect resource for meeting Common Core standards.
"An exhilarating narrative history of a doomed and clueless family and empire." âJim Murphy, author of Newbery Honor Books An American Plague and The Great Fire
"For readers who regard history as dull, Flemingâs extraordinary book is proof positive that, on the contrary, it is endlessly fascinating, absorbing as any novel, and the stuff of an altogether memorable reading experience." âBooklist, Starred
"Marrying the intimate family portrait of Heiligmanâs Charles and Emma with the politics and intrigue of Sheinkinâs Bomb, Fleming has outdone herself with this riveting work of narrative nonfiction that appeals to the imagination as much as the intellect." âThe Horn Book, Starred
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature
Winner of the Boston GlobeâHorn Book Award for Nonfiction
A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
A YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award FinalistÂ
Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction
From the Hardcover edition.
Editions
Hardcover
from Schwartz & Wade Books (July 8, 2014)
9780375867828 | details & prices | 292 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.24 lbs | List price $19.99
CD/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
With Kimberly Farr (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Listening Library (July 8, 2014); titled "The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, & the Fall of Imperial Russia"
9780553395280 | details & prices | 5.00 × 6.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $50.00
About: â[A] superb history.
About: â[A] superb history.
Library
from Schwartz & Wade Books (July 8, 2014); titled "The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia"
9780375967825 | details & prices | 292 pages | 6.25 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.26 lbs | List price $21.99
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