The Camera and the Tsars

A Romanov family album The Romanov dynasty ruled Russia for a little over three hundred years and their story, ending with their tragic deaths, has exerted a lasting fascination. This new book an album of pictures gathered by the author over many years - the majority of which are unpublished - shows the extended Romanov family. There are formal portraits taken to celebrate comings of age, weddings of other family gatherings, but also pictures of the various members of the dynasty at their ease. Together with anecdotes and quotations, this book captures the essence of the personalities portrayed by the camera lens.