The Wild True Story of the Romanovs: How Empire, Marriage and Murder Shaped Russia's Royal Family
Researchers later determined that Alexander started showing signs of schizophrenia before dying of typhus when he was 47, leaving no legitimate children behind. His younger brotherbecame tsar—and his domestic life was notable for its happiness, including the survival of all seven of his children into adulthood.Alexander II
"It is my dream to one day marry Alix H," Nicholas II wrote in his diary. "I have loved her for a long time, but more deeply and strongly since 1889 when she spent six weeks in Petersburg. For a long time, I have resisted my feeling that my dearest dream will come true." Books upon books have been written about the political turmoil of that time in Russia alone, let alone the rest of Europe, and through it all Nicholas II committed the fatal move of wanting to hang onto the old ways—a.k.a. autocratic rule—and not reading the temperature of the room. Which was soon blazing as World War I began in 1914.
The United Kingdom offered asylum to Nicholas II and his family, but before they could make a move, the provisional government put him, wife Alexandra and their five children under house arrest. Life at Alexander Palace wasn't so bad , though they were under the watch of armed guards 24/7 whenever they strolled the grounds.
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