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A figure surrounded by myth and speculation, at the center of one of history’s most cataclysmic events–the Russian Revolution–Nicholas II remains haunting and enigmatic. Now one of France’s most eminent historians presents a biography that goes beyond the lies and half-lies surrounding Nicholas’s reign to provide an evocative portrait of this most mysterious ruler. Illustrations.

After the Fall

A companion book to the author’s surprisingly successful cult film depicting a disturbing vision of Middle America explains the evolution of the imaginary small town of Greendale and its doleful inhabitants, including members of a multigenerational family. Original.