Nicholas+and+Alexandra

**Nicholas and Alexandra** Each member of the class will read chapter 1 and also be assigned a chapter or chapters in Robert K. Massie’s //Nicholas and Alexandra.// You will then conduct the following review of your chapters and post it on the wikispace on this page.

I. **Summary Description**

A brief description of the purpose of the chapter. This should include a brief summary of the facts but more importantly articulate the author’s argument/point of view in the chapter. In other words, what does Massie set out to do in your chapter(s) How is it organized? Are there any subsections? The subsections don’t necessarily have to have subheadings but there may be a clear break. What do the subsections contain? How does the author approach the subject(s) in your chapter(s)? Does he have a clear bias that is reflected in both the content and the language of the chapter?

After reading this first section of your review, the reader should have a good idea of what the chapter is trying to do and of the ground it covers. The reader should not yet know, in depth, what you think about this approach or how successfully you think the author implements it.

II. **Analysis**

What do you think of the chapter(s)? What are its strengths and weaknesses? Did you learn anything from it? If so, what specifically did you learn and how did it help you understand the individual subject and Russian history as a whole? Did you enjoy reading it? Was it boring in spots? Where? Did the author cover the subject completely, or spend too much time on one aspect of the subject at the expense of another? Were there any sections/ideas/items that you found particularly useful? Not useful? Incorrect or way off base?

III. **Conclusions**

What would you say to other people about this book? Did you enjoy reading it? Would you recommend it? To whom?

**NOTES:** After reading your review, the reader should have a good idea of whether or not s/he wants to read this book, or refer to it for specific items or chapters. You should include specific exemplary quotations to support your summary and analysis.

You will share your chapters with the class as we collectively analyze the work in preparation for your term book review.

Put your Nicholas and Alexandra chapter assignment here as a new page.

Chapter 2 The tsarevitch Nicholas

@Chapter 4 Marriage

Chapter Nine-1905

Chapter Ten-Tsarskoe Selo

Chapter 13-14

@Chapter 15, 16

Chapter 17 (We Want A Great Russia) and Chapter 18 (The Romanov Dynasty)

@Chapter 19 and 20, The Long Summer of 1914, For The Defense of Holy Russia

@Chapter 25-26

Chapter Thirty-Citizen Romanov

@chapters 33 and 34