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Robert Kinloch Massie was an American historian, writer, winner of a Pulitzer Prize, and a Rhodes Scholar.

Born in Versailles, Kentucky, Massie spent much of his youth there and in Nashville, Tennessee. He studied American history at Yale University and modern European history at Oxford University on his Rhodes Scholarship. Massie went to work as a journalist for Newsweek from 1959 to 1964 and then took a position at the Saturday Evening Post.

After he and his family left America for France, Massie wrote and published his breakthrough book, Nicholas and Alexandra, a biography of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, his wife, Alexandra of Hesse, and their family and cultural/political milieu. Massie's interest in the Tsar's family was trigger

Robert Kinloch Massie was an American historian, writer, winner of a Pulitzer Prize, and a Rhodes Scholar.

Born in Versailles, Kentucky, Massie spent much of his youth there and in Nashville, Tennessee. He studied American history at Yale University and modern European history at Oxford University on his Rhodes Scholarship. Massie went to work as a journalist for Newsweek from 1959 to 1964 and then took a position at the Saturday Evening Post.

After he and his family left America for France, Massie wrote and published his breakthrough book, Nicholas and Alexandra, a biography of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, his wife, Alexandra of Hesse, and their family and cultural/political milieu. Massie's interest in the Tsar's family was triggered by the birth of his son, the Rev. Robert Kinloch Massie, who suffers from hemophilia, a hereditary disease that also afflicted the last Tsar's son, Alexei. In 1971, the book was the basis of an Academy Award–winning film of the same title. In 1995, in his book The Romanovs: The Final Chapter, Massie updated Nicholas and Alexandra with much newly discovered information.

In 1975, Robert Massie and his then-wife Suzanne chronicled their experiences as the parents of a hemophiliac child and the significant differences between the American and French healthcare systems in their jointly written book, Journey.

Massie won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for Peter the Great: His Life and World. This book inspired a 1986 NBC mini-series that won three Emmy Awards, starring Maximilian Schell, Laurence Olivier and Vanessa Redgrave.

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Catherine the Great: Portra... Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman 3.94 avg rating — 105,171 ratings — published 2011 —61 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Nicholas and Alexandra: The... Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty 4.23 avg rating — 29,081 ratings — published 1967 —56 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Peter the Great: His Life a... Peter the Great: His Life and World 4.14 avg rating — 22,470 ratings — published 1980 —86 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Romanovs: The Final Cha... The Romanovs: The Final Chapter 4.03 avg rating — 7,471 ratings — published 1995 —35 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Dreadnought: Britain, Germa... Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War 4.31 avg rating — 6,780 ratings — published 1991 —32 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Castles of Steel Castles of Steel 4.41 avg rating — 3,477 ratings — published 2003 —27 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Journey Journey by Robert K. Massie, Suzanne Massie 4.30 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1975 —12 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Last Courts of Europe: ... The Last Courts of Europe: Royal Family Album 1860-1914 4.38 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1981 —7 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Romanovs - Box Set: Pet... The Romanovs - Box Set: Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra: The story of the Romanovs 4.60 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2013 —2 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Peter the Great: Part 1 Peter the Great: Part 1 by Robert K. Massie, Frederick Davidson (Read by) 4.63 avg rating — 24 ratings Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars

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“There would be no Lenin without Rasputin.”
― Robert Massie

“The love of power and the power to attract love were not easy to reconcile.”
― Robert K Massie, Catherine The Great

“Peter, who broke his enemies on the rack and hanged them in Red Square, who had his son tortured to death, is Peter the Great. But Nicholas, whose hand was lighter than that of any tsar before him, is "Bloody Nicholas". In human terms, this is irony rich and dramatic, the more so because Nicholas knew what he was called.”
― Robert K. Massie, Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty

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| topics | posts | views | last activity | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ----- | -------------------- | | | The Next Best Boo...: Historical Fiction Advice | 111 | 1586 | Jun 09, 2009 05:22PM | | | European Royalty: This topic has been closed to new comments. Jan 15 - Feb 15: Nominating | 11 | 43 | Dec 05, 2009 11:17AM | | | European Royalty: This topic has been closed to new comments. July 15 - August 15: Nominating | 5 | 30 | Jun 07, 2010 10:36AM | | | European Royalty: July 15 - Aug 15: Nicholas & Alexandra | 1 | 13 | Jun 12, 2010 12:38PM | | | The History Book ...: 9. THE FIRST WORLD WAR ~ CHAPTER 10 (372-427) (04/25/10 - 05/02/10) ~ No spoilers, please | 19 | 69 | Aug 15, 2010 01:50PM | | | Pick-a-Shelf: If you don't post a quote, you are HISTORY! | 36 | 106 | Aug 16, 2010 12:54PM | | | The History Book ...: 6. THE FIRST WORLD WAR ~ CHAPTER 7 (204 - 256) (03/29/10 - 04/04/10) ~ No spoilers, please | 96 | 79 | Aug 22, 2010 07:00PM | |

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