Robert K. Massie was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and studied American history at Yale and European history at Oxford, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He was president of the Authors Guild from 1987 to 1991. His books include Nicholas and Alexandra, Peter the Great: His Life and World (for which he won a Pulitzer Prize for biography), The Romanovs: The Final Chapter, Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War, Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea, and Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman. Robert K. Massie died in 2019.
“Urgently readable . . . the work of a master of narrative
history.”—Newsweek
“Written in a style that combines vigor, clarity, and sensitivity .
. . should be the envy of historians and novelists alike.”—Chicago
Sun-Times
“Fascinating . . . an absorbing book.”—The Plain Dealer
“Exceptional.”—The New Yorker
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