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| | Alexander Palace Time Machine - Bezique, an Imperial Pastime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | The card game of Bezique, a favorite in Europe since the eighteenth century, was a game Nicholas and Alexandra played with each other and with their children at virtually every opportunity. |
 | | It really is not until the family's captivity, however, first at the Alexander Palace, and later on in Tobolsk and Ekaterinburg, that Bezique becomes the Empress' primary activity while spending one-on-one time with the members of her family. |
 | | If the queen of spades has been married, she may be again used to form a bezique, and vice versa, and again for four queens. |
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