{"product_id":"book-babd","title":"The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia","description":"“[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.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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 (\u003ci\u003eAmelia Lost\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e The Lincolns\u003c\/i\u003e) 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An exhilarating narrative history of a doomed and clueless family and empire.\" —Jim Murphy, author of Newbery Honor Books \u003ci\u003eAn American Plague\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist,\u003c\/i\u003e Starred\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Marrying the intimate family portrait of Heiligman’s \u003ci\u003eCharles and Emma\u003c\/i\u003e with the politics and intrigue of Sheinkin’s \u003ci\u003eBomb\u003c\/i\u003e,  Fleming has outdone herself with this riveting work of narrative  nonfiction that appeals to the imagination as much as the intellect.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Young Adult Literature\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe–Horn Book \u003c\/i\u003eAward for Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003eA Robert F. Sibert Honor Book\u003cbr\u003eA YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist \u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49336646697264,"sku":"40babd","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49336646631728,"sku":"BDbabd","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/333574-babd-Square.jpg?v=1733953737","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-babd","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}