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| | Amazon.com: Nicholas I: Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias: Books: W. Bruce Lincoln (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | This is a superb, well researched, highly organized, and very readable biography of an important Russian emperor. |
 | | The author provides an indepth description and intelligent analysis of Nicholas' personality and character, the emperor's orientation to autocratic rule, Russian political, economic, social, and cultural history during his reign, and the importance of the political, economic, and social influences of Western European nations on Russia. |
 | | Lincoln goes much beyond just presenting a chronology of events, by explaining why historical events happened as they did. |
| www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0875805485?v=glance (871 words) |
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