A new history of the Romanovs, the most successful dynasty of modern times, who conquered vast territories until they ruled a 6th of the world's surface. This is the intimate story of 20 tsars and tsarinas, told by the author of }Young Stalin, Stalin: The Court Of The Red Tsar{ and }Jerusalem{. A sweeping history of modern Russia, from Ivan the Terrible to Lenin, via Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Rasputin, Nicholas and Alexandra.