The listing, The Shadow of the Winter Palace Russia Drift to Revolution has ended.
Summary: "is a panoramic, illuminating account of a dynasty in decline - but it is much more than that. Edward Crankshaw's brilliant history of Russia under the last four Tsars shows how that colorful and mysterious country had within it the seeds not only of revolution but also of many aspects of modern Russia which we are apt to think of as peculiar to the Soviet State. In its main historical theme this remarkable book tells how the autocratic Romanovs responded to the obvious need to modernize, liberate, and unify not only their country but their government ....."