The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II. From: The Economist (US) | Date: August 29, 1992 | COPYRIGHT 1992 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

THE LAST TSAR: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF NICHOLAS II. By Edvard Radzinsky. Doubleday; 462 pages; $25. Hodder and Stoughton; Pounds20

THE difference a great man makes to the course of history has been the stuff of legend, drama and professional study since the birth of history itself. And yet the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time can make just as big a difference. If there had been no Lenin, communism might not have taken root in Russia. If there had been no Stalin, ...

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