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Laddar... The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia (2014)av Candace Fleming
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. I'm puzzling over why I didn't like this book better. It was well-written and delved into parts of history, both Russian and abroad, that are rarely touched in when discussing the family Romanov (blatantly calls out the Romanovs for oh, everything they did, especially their anti-Semitism), which I greatly appreciated. The style was engrossing, and I would happily sit all day and read the author's descriptions of royal living quarters and fashions. I think part of my reaction was, I wanted more new information than I got. (Why? I got plenty. It just feels like a few puzzle pieces were missing. I am so glad I read this, though, and I am going to check out other things the author has written. Her name seems really familiar. I perused her website and nothing looks familiar, but I'm suddenly convinced I've read something else of hers before, and liked it. Off to search more.) Redirecting to this book: this is a fantastic starting point for Romanov history. Highly recommended to those who are interested. Candace Fleming's The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia is a compelling narrative nonfiction novel that reads like a mystery. Beginning with the Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II, inheriting the throne in 1894, Fleming unfolds the 'story' of the Russian Revolution. Fleming skillfully switches between telling the flittering, opulent and out of touch story of the Russian aristocracy and the tsar side by side with the true story of Russia's suffering, struggling peasants who made up 85% of the population. Maps, graphs, and diagrams along with primary source documents are woven throughout, supporting and deepening student understanding. **Orbis Pictus Award Winner, Sibert Award Winner inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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HTML:??[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.? ??The Wall Street Journal Here is the tumultuous, heartrending, true story of the Romanovs??at 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 family??s 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." ??Jim Murphy, author of Newbery Honor Books An American Plague and The Great Fire "For readers who regard history as dull, Fleming??s 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." ??Booklist, Starred "Marrying the intimate family portrait of Heiligman??s Charles and Emma with the politics and intrigue of Sheinkin??s Bomb, Fleming has outdone herself with this riveting work of narrative nonfiction that appeals to the imagination as much as the intellect." ??The Horn Book, Starred Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature Winner of the Boston Globe??Horn Book Award for Nonfiction A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book A YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist Winner of the Orbis Pict Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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I personally have a hard time endorsing Fleming's book for a few reasons. One of the major flaws is that she took some creative liberties and seemed to craft a few thoughts, decisions, conversations of the historical characters that could not be verified. When quotations are used we don't know where the source is directly coming from. This really bothers me! It is just poor scholarship and it honestly makes it read like a work of fiction. It really reads as a made-up story that presents the Russian Royal Family as mere idiots, which honestly, is just insulting.
Which brings me to....Robert K. Massie. The annoying popular historian who wrote the ever-popular Nicholas and Alexandra, whose work influenced The Family Romanov immensely. Fleming trusted a poor scholar for her scholarship as well. Massie also took liberties with the personal portrayals of the Romanovs. And brings a very Western mindset to his interpretation of Russian history. Flemings interpretation is very Western as well.
Eastern Orthodoxy, the Christian faith of the Ramanovs and millions around the world, is misinterpreted by Fleming as well as focusing merely on strange and mystical encounters and miraculous healings. The miraculous does indeed happen and yet I can assure you that the Orthodox Church is not as "foreign" as Fleming makes it sound. It is not a superstitious religion (as Fleming made the mindset of the royalty out to be).I wish this book took the faith of the Ramanovs into account and really treated their faith with more respect. Their devotion to God is so inspiring which brings me to....
Their martyrdom. I believe the Ramonovs are saints (note: this does not mean I endorse monarchist regimes). I also believe Lenin is clearly to blame for the death of the family, since he later endorsed the shooting and did not punish the killers. I'm glad Fleming acknowledged their sainthood, even if there was a debate about what level of sanctity they should be granted. And here is the thing about martyred saints: they strived to the very end to love God, even if they were flawed individuals. Czar Nicholas may not have been the most effective ruler but at least he lead his country in fear and trembling. He might have made wrong decisions but he did so prayerfully and with the help of trusted aides. Can you say that about Lenin or Stalin? No. How many died under Stalin again?
It's an okay book. Fleming can craft a readable (yet historically questionable) narrative. Just read it with a grain of salt. ( )